Plmt biliary drainage cath at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$4,460.55
Cash price 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.
$9,197.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,357.04 with Noble IPA vs $29,023.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,357.04 | ↓ -70% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,357.04 | ↓ -70% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $1,507.82 | ↓ -66% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $1,507.82 | ↓ -66% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,507.82 | ↓ -66% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,507.82 | ↓ -66% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $1,507.82 | ↓ -66% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,507.82 | ↓ -66% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 | $1,590.20 | ↓ -64% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 | $1,590.20 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,884.78 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,044.60 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,044.60 | ↓ -54% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,110.95 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,110.95 | ↓ -53% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,261.73 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,261.73 | ↓ -49% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,299.25 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,299.25 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,234.00 | ↓ -5% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,708.22 | ↑ +6% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $4,932.42 | ↑ +11% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,995.20 | ↑ +12% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,307.53 | ↑ +19% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $5,518.20 | ↑ +24% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $5,605.02 | ↑ +26% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $5,605.03 | ↑ +26% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $5,702.14 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $6,161.99 | ↑ +38% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,345.93 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,437.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $6,897.75 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,081.69 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,265.63 | ↑ +63% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $7,539.10 | ↑ +69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $7,539.10 | ↑ +69% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,062.00 | ↑ +148% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $15,561.00 | ↑ +249% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,577.00 | ↑ +429% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $29,023.00 | ↑ +551% |
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Plmt biliary drainage cath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,075.64 | $1,895.94 – $8,890.24 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,416.34 | $1,507.82 – $6,588.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,167.35 | $1,507.82 – $6,588.54 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,721.13 | $1,507.82 – $8,024.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,407.97 | $1,507.82 – $7,335.94 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,330.52 | $4,604.99 – $17,611.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $8,762.67 | $1,507.82 – $25,036.20 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,471.68 | $3,423.00 – $11,377.00 |