Protein electrophoretic fractionation & quantitation serum at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$4.05
Cash price 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.
$8.33
Gross charge 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.
$1.20 with Blue Shield CA vs $68.50 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1.20 | ↓ -70% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $1.25 | ↓ -69% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $1.25 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3.00 | ↓ -26% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $3.10 | ↓ -23% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3.45 | ↓ -15% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3.50 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $3.75 | ↓ -7% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3.85 | ↓ -5% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3.95 | ↓ -2% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $4.50 | ↑ +11% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $4.50 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.55 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $5.25 | ↑ +30% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.57 | ↑ +38% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $6.25 | ↑ +54% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $6.25 | ↑ +54% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $7.50 | ↑ +85% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $7.50 | ↑ +85% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.60 | ↑ +335% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.30 | ↑ +426% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $21.30 | ↑ +426% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $68.50 | ↑ +1591% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $68.50 | ↑ +1591% |
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Protein electrophoretic fractionation & quantitation serum at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5.62 | $1.35 – $28.49 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $35.68 | $2.15 – $15.76 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $17.15 | $10.53 – $87.77 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6.38 | $2.50 – $27.67 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $17.89 | $1.30 – $5.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5.43 | $1.35 – $32.53 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5.20 | $2.50 – $30.86 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5.14 | $2.50 – $30.86 |