Plmt nephroureteral catheter 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

$4,170.03

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.

$8,598.00

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.

$938.86 with Noble IPA vs $8,818.00 with Health Net — 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 $938.86 ↓ -77%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $938.86 ↓ -77%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,043.18 ↓ -75%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $1,043.18 ↓ -75%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $1,043.18 ↓ -75%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $1,043.18 ↓ -75%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $1,043.18 ↓ -75%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,043.18 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,303.98 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,414.55 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,414.55 ↓ -66%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,433.00 ↓ -66%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,433.00 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $1,460.45 ↓ -65%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $1,460.45 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $1,564.77 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $1,564.77 ↓ -62%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $1,589.92 ↓ -62%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $1,589.92 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,768.00 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00 ↓ -18%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $3,439.20 ↓ -18%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $3,553.84 ↓ -15%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $3,671.99 ↓ -12%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $3,840.44 ↓ -8%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,955.08 ↓ -5%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,012.40 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $4,299.00 ↑ +3%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +5%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $4,382.26 ↑ +5%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +5%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +5%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +5%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $4,382.26 ↑ +5%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +5%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +5%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +5%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +5%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +5%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +5%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,413.64 ↑ +6%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,528.28 ↑ +9%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $4,601.37 ↑ +10%
HPN Medicare|Senior $4,820.49 ↑ +16%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4,881.84 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +24%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $5,215.90 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $5,215.90 ↑ +25%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $5,477.82 ↑ +31%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $5,477.83 ↑ +31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00 ↑ +53%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $6,502.00 ↑ +56%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $8,818.00 ↑ +111%

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Plmt nephroureteral catheter at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,127.37 $1,311.39 – $8,044.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,689.17 $1,043.18 – $5,621.28
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,294.76 $1,043.18 – $5,621.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,425.82 $1,043.18 – $4,924.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,768.36 $1,043.18 – $8,111.72
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,892.32 $5,004.98 – $10,593.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,421.70 $4,533.71 – $10,413.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $7,838.63 $1,043.18 – $10,750.32

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