Removal of foreign body 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

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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.

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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.

$273.84 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $29,023.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $273.84
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $273.84
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $273.84
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $273.84
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $372.42
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $372.42
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $388.51
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $388.51
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $410.76
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $410.76
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $427.89
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $431.68
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $431.68
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $604.35
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $604.35
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $963.92
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $1,148.11
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $1,148.11
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,158.40
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,158.40
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,636.52
Health Net Medicare|Senior $3,636.52
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $3,636.52
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $3,636.52
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52
United Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $3,636.52
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $3,818.35
HPN Medicare|Senior $4,000.17
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4,051.09
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $4,545.65
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $4,545.65
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $8,158.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,265.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $11,062.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise not published by hospital
HPN Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Removal of foreign body at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,676.23 $336.82 – $6,483.96
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,230.05 $3,914.43 – $6,619.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,121.41 $273.84 – $7,147.14
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $806.53 $273.84 – $1,186.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,858.86 $273.84 – $7,147.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,904.19 $273.84 – $6,262.40
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,245.24 $4,124.29 – $16,692.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,849.19 $3,735.95 – $17,420.00

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