Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance at California Hospital Medical Center

1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$332.23

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$685.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$43.28 with Noble IPA vs $685.00 with HPN — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $43.28 ↓ -87%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $43.28 ↓ -87%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $48.09 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $48.09 ↓ -86%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $48.09 ↓ -86%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $48.09 ↓ -86%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $48.09 ↓ -86%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $48.09 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $60.11 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $65.21 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $65.21 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $67.33 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $67.33 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $72.14 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $72.14 ↓ -78%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $169.28 ↓ -49%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $171.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $171.25 ↓ -48%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $240.45 ↓ -28%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $240.45 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $246.91 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $373.82 ↑ +13%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $395.66 ↑ +19%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $395.66 ↑ +19%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +19%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +19%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +19%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $395.66 ↑ +19%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +19%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +19%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +19%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $395.66 ↑ +19%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +19%
United Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +19%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +19%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $415.44 ↑ +25%
HPN Medicare|Senior $435.23 ↑ +31%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $440.77 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $460.26 ↑ +39%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $472.65 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $479.50 ↑ +44%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $494.57 ↑ +49%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $494.58 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $513.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $527.45 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $541.15 ↑ +63%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $685.00 ↑ +106%

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Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $374.49 $72.75 – $702.96
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,080.69 $235.82 – $513.13
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $396.33 $48.09 – $517.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $567.44 $48.09 – $735.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $363.00 $48.09 – $907.48
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $113.53 $48.09 – $306.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $112.31 $48.09 – $306.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $639.54 $298.02 – $529.83

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