Prolactin 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

$86.33

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.

$178.00

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.

$13.92 with Blue Shield CA vs $122.70 with Care 1st — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $13.92 ↓ -84%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $14.50 ↓ -83%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $14.50 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $19.38 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $19.38 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $19.38 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $19.38 ↓ -78%
HPN Medicare|Senior $19.38 ↓ -78%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $19.38 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $19.38 ↓ -78%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $19.38 ↓ -78%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $19.38 ↓ -78%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $19.38 ↓ -78%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $19.38 ↓ -78%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $19.38 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $19.38 ↓ -78%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $19.38 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $19.38 ↓ -78%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $20.35 ↓ -76%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $21.59 ↓ -75%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $22.09 ↓ -74%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $22.09 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|HMO $23.26 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|PPO $23.26 ↓ -73%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $24.22 ↓ -72%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $24.23 ↓ -72%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $24.54 ↓ -72%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $24.54 ↓ -72%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $24.54 ↓ -72%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $24.54 ↓ -72%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $24.54 ↓ -72%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $24.54 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $32.68 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $33.28 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $33.28 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $34.36 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $34.36 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $34.80 ↓ -60%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $35.96 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $36.81 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $36.81 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $38.46 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $38.46 ↓ -55%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $40.02 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $40.60 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $43.50 ↓ -50%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $44.66 ↓ -48%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $45.82 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $52.78 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $58.00 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $58.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $58.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $58.00 ↓ -33%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $60.23 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $122.70 ↑ +42%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $122.70 ↑ +42%

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Prolactin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $148.92 $3.24 – $51.43
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $16.28 $3.88 – $28.23
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $329.46 $18.99 – $158.17
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $152.80 $5.96 – $49.95
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $32.27 $6.50 – $12.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $139.95 $3.22 – $58.72
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $106.11 $6.00 – $55.70
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $94.32 $6.00 – $55.70

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