Remove ventricular device 33977 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.

$1,042.84 with HCLA 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $1,042.84
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,042.84
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,042.84
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $1,042.84
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,418.26
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,418.26
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $1,479.50
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $1,479.50
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $1,564.26
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $1,564.26
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,629.44
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $1,643.89
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $1,643.89
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $2,301.45
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $2,301.45
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $3,670.80
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6,840.00
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $8,219.45
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $8,219.45
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
HPN Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital

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Remove ventricular device 33977 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,918.10 $1,042.84 – $10,569.24
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,014.39 $1,042.84 – $8,612.52
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $5,577.97 $1,042.84 – $10,722.69
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $3,009.62 $1,042.84 – $9,116.72
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $2,394.52 $1,042.84 – $8,787.20
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $4,272.78 $1,042.84 – $9,006.88
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $3,009.62 $1,042.84 – $10,984.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $3,163.40 $1,042.84 – $9,116.72

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