Red blood cells each unit at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$87.79
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.
$181.00
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.
$36.20 with Healthcare Partners 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $36.20 | ↓ -59% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $41.63 | ↓ -53% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.25 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.25 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $106.79 | ↑ +22% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $112.22 | ↑ +28% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $116.69 | ↑ +33% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $116.69 | ↑ +33% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $124.89 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $126.70 | ↑ +44% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $129.66 | ↑ +48% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $129.66 | ↑ +48% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $129.66 | ↑ +48% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $129.66 | ↑ +48% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $129.66 | ↑ +48% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $129.66 | ↑ +48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $135.75 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $139.37 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $142.99 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $162.08 | ↑ +85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $162.90 | ↑ +86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.82 | ↑ +100% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.82 | ↑ +100% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $181.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $181.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $181.00 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $181.00 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $181.00 | ↑ +106% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $181.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $181.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $181.00 | ↑ +106% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $181.00 | ↑ +106% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $181.00 | ↑ +106% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $181.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $181.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $181.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $181.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $181.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $183.37 | ↑ +109% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $183.37 | ↑ +109% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $190.05 | ↑ +116% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $194.49 | ↑ +122% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $194.49 | ↑ +122% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $199.10 | ↑ +127% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $201.64 | ↑ +130% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $226.25 | ↑ +158% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $226.25 | ↑ +158% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $456.40 | ↑ +420% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $648.30 | ↑ +638% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $648.30 | ↑ +638% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,113.00 | ↑ +2307% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,798.00 | ↑ +7643% |
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Red blood cells each unit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $146.73 | $90.45 – $340.16 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $873.71 | $129.66 – $1,884.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $864.29 | $129.66 – $1,860.45 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $511.27 | $129.66 – $1,425.98 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $690.87 | $48.72 – $198.94 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $217.33 | $129.66 – $422.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $457.65 | $129.66 – $864.45 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $126.67 | $113.50 – $4,018.00 |