Pulmonary vent imaging at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$853.12
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.
$1,759.00
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.
$142.13 with Noble IPA vs $2,917.00 with Healthcare Partners — 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 |
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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.13 | ↓ -83% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.13 | ↓ -83% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $157.92 | ↓ -81% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $157.92 | ↓ -81% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $157.92 | ↓ -81% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $157.92 | ↓ -81% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $157.92 | ↓ -81% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $157.94 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $197.43 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $214.14 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $214.14 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $221.09 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $221.09 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $236.88 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $236.88 | ↓ -72% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $439.75 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $439.75 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $510.57 | ↓ -40% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -40% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -40% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -40% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -40% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $510.57 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -40% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -40% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -40% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $536.10 | ↓ -37% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $555.88 | ↓ -35% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $561.63 | ↓ -34% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $568.78 | ↓ -33% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $638.21 | ↓ -25% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $638.21 | ↓ -25% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $789.60 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $789.60 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $848.52 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $848.52 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $859.73 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $859.73 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $859.73 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,027.07 | ↑ +20% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,090.58 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,125.76 | ↑ +32% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,213.71 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,231.30 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $1,319.25 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,354.43 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,364.43 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,364.43 | ↑ +60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,389.61 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,554.94 | ↑ +82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,759.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $2,917.00 | ↑ +242% |
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Pulmonary vent imaging at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,254.00 | $238.92 – $2,233.14 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,923.74 | $157.92 – $4,202.24 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $314.98 | $157.92 – $1,976.45 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $311.59 | $157.92 – $1,976.45 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,956.36 | $567.62 – $1,273.75 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,500.93 | $514.17 – $1,392.85 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,451.67 | $157.92 – $3,418.58 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,688.61 | $556.27 – $1,044.95 |