Pressure velocity wire add ves 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

$714.41

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.

$1,473.00

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.

$290.17 with Noble IPA vs $1,612.05 with Blue Shield CA — 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 $290.17 ↓ -59%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $290.17 ↓ -59%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $322.41 ↓ -55%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $322.41 ↓ -55%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $322.41 ↓ -55%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $322.41 ↓ -55%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $322.41 ↓ -55%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $322.41 ↓ -55%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $368.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $368.25 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $403.01 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $437.19 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $437.19 ↓ -39%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $451.37 ↓ -37%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $451.37 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $483.62 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $483.62 ↓ -32%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $883.80 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $913.26 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $986.91 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,016.37 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,031.10 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,104.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,134.21 ↑ +59%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,134.88 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,163.67 ↑ +63%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,612.05 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,612.05 ↑ +126%

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Pressure velocity wire add ves at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,991.59 $487.77 – $3,546.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,402.99 $322.41 – $3,212.44
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,310.46 $322.41 – $3,276.14
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,209.64 $322.41 – $3,263.04
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $12,895.86 $800.34 – $2,747.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $432.48 $2,699.00 – $2,699.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,020.48 $322.41 – $2,915.64
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,797.24 $787.93 – $1,716.00

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