Remove brain canal fluid at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$1,198.92
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.
$2,472.00
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.
$87.15 with HCLA vs $6,374.00 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.
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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| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $87.15 | ↓ -93% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $87.15 | ↓ -93% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $87.15 | ↓ -93% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $87.15 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.52 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.52 | ↓ -90% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $123.65 | ↓ -90% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $123.65 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $130.73 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $130.73 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $136.18 | ↓ -89% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $137.39 | ↓ -89% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $137.39 | ↓ -89% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 | $152.73 | ↓ -87% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 | $152.73 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $192.35 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $192.35 | ↓ -84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $306.77 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -69% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $393.82 | ↓ -67% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $412.58 | ↓ -66% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $417.83 | ↓ -65% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $468.84 | ↓ -61% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $468.84 | ↓ -61% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $618.00 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $618.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $686.95 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $686.95 | ↓ -43% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,483.20 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,532.64 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,656.24 | ↑ +38% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,705.68 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,730.40 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $1,854.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,903.44 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,952.88 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,768.00 | ↑ +131% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,293.00 | ↑ +175% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,417.00 | ↑ +185% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,178.00 | ↑ +332% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,603.00 | ↑ +367% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,374.00 | ↑ +432% |
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Remove brain canal fluid at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,124.51 | $87.15 – $2,328.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,112.38 | $87.15 – $2,394.49 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $454.30 | $394.79 – $2,581.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $195.64 | $78.54 – $592.62 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $155.66 | $81.27 – $571.20 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $277.75 | $78.54 – $585.48 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $195.64 | $78.54 – $714.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $205.64 | $81.27 – $592.62 |