Prgr stim/pace a/iv drug 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

$3,078.78

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.

$6,348.00

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.

$222.55 with BCBS - Anthem 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.

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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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $222.55 ↓ -93%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,587.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,587.00 ↓ -48%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,650.48 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,650.48 ↓ -46%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $3,808.80 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $3,935.76 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $4,253.16 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,380.12 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,443.60 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $4,761.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,887.96 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,014.92 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +405%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $19,864.00 ↑ +545%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $21,875.00 ↑ +611%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $21,875.00 ↑ +611%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $21,875.00 ↑ +611%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +666%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $28,167.00 ↑ +815%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +843%

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Prgr stim/pace a/iv drug at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,474.66 $2,141.91 – $6,187.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $752.00 $878.50 – $1,721.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $667.97 $460.08 – $1,669.92
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,280.18 $235.01 – $6,213.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,270.52 $2,747.00 – $7,745.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $513.33 $366.66 – $1,431.72
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,704.35 $1,716.00 – $5,318.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,283.90 $204.75 – $2,493.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →