Prolonged IV inf, req pump 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

$348.72

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.

$719.00

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.

$179.75 with DHR vs $1,389.00 with Cigna — 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
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $179.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $179.75 ↓ -48%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +21%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +21%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +21%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +21%
United Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +21%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $421.45 ↑ +21%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $421.45 ↑ +21%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $421.45 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $421.45 ↑ +21%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +21%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +21%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +21%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +21%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $442.52 ↑ +27%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $445.78 ↑ +28%
HPN Medicare|Senior $463.60 ↑ +33%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $469.50 ↑ +35%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $496.11 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $503.30 ↑ +44%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $526.81 ↑ +51%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $526.81 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $539.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $553.63 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $568.01 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $719.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $719.00 ↑ +106%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $719.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|HMO $719.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|PPO $719.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $805.00 ↑ +131%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,389.00 ↑ +298%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,389.00 ↑ +298%

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Prolonged IV inf, req pump at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $149.75 $103.14 – $1,654.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $389.18 $283.23 – $871.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $328.84 $421.45 – $12,607.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $224.91 $146.79 – $1,266.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $576.30 $295.97 – $302.01
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $339.21 $77.52 – $316.54
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $379.04 $406.78 – $1,411.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $251.94 $225.75 – $903.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →