Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis 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

$126.10

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.

$260.00

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.

$14.53 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $6,798.00 with United — 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
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $14.53 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $14.53 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $14.53 ↓ -88%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $14.53 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $19.76 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $19.76 ↓ -84%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $20.60 ↓ -84%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $20.60 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $21.79 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $21.79 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $22.70 ↓ -82%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $22.89 ↓ -82%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $22.89 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $32.05 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $32.05 ↓ -75%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $51.15 ↓ -59%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $65.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $65.00 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $114.45 ↓ -9%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $114.45 ↓ -9%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $156.00 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $161.20 ↑ +28%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 ↑ +30%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +30%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $163.78 ↑ +30%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +30%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +30%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $163.78 ↑ +30%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +30%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +30%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +30%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +30%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 ↑ +30%
United Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +30%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +30%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $163.80 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $169.00 ↑ +34%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $171.97 ↑ +36%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $174.20 ↑ +38%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $176.80 ↑ +40%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $176.80 ↑ +40%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $176.80 ↑ +40%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $179.40 ↑ +42%
HPN Medicare|Senior $180.16 ↑ +43%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $182.46 ↑ +45%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $195.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $200.20 ↑ +59%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $204.72 ↑ +62%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $204.72 ↑ +62%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $205.40 ↑ +63%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $205.40 ↑ +63%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $205.40 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|PPO $2,113.00 ↑ +1576%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,293.00 ↑ +2511%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00 ↑ +2610%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,466.00 ↑ +3442%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +4006%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00 ↑ +4955%
United Commercial|HMO $6,798.00 ↑ +5291%

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Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $212.43 $17.87 – $365.72
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $48.44 $20.89 – $67.90
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $456.96 $179.30 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $219.14 $14.53 – $699.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $161.84 $14.53 – $154.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $200.71 $14.53 – $501.76
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $119.47 $14.53 – $264.04
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $118.18 $14.53 – $264.04

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