Replace picvad cath 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

$4,093.89

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.

$8,441.00

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.

$474.10 with Noble IPA 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $474.10 ↓ -88%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $474.10 ↓ -88%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $479.51 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $479.51 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $479.51 ↓ -88%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $479.51 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $522.34 ↓ -87%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $526.78 ↓ -87%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $526.78 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $652.13 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $652.13 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $719.26 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $719.26 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $737.49 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $737.49 ↓ -82%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $1,548.65 ↓ -62%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $1,548.65 ↓ -62%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,687.88 ↓ -59%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2,110.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2,110.25 ↓ -48%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,633.90 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,633.90 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,768.00 ↓ -32%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -2%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -2%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -2%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -2%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -2%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $3,999.21 ↓ -2%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -2%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -2%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -2%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -2%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -2%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $3,999.21 ↓ -2%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↓ -2%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $4,199.17 ↑ +3%
HPN Medicare|Senior $4,399.13 ↑ +7%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4,455.12 ↑ +9%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $4,999.01 ↑ +22%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $4,999.01 ↑ +22%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $5,064.60 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $5,233.42 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $5,655.47 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,824.29 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,908.70 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $6,330.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,499.57 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,668.39 ↑ +63%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $11,062.00 ↑ +170%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +280%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +476%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +609%

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Replace picvad cath at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,911.87 $589.80 – $7,477.22
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $4,594.50 $479.51 – $13,534.81
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $2,541.70 $1,142.00 – $7,332.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $4,879.40 $302.41 – $14,780.64
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $3,882.15 $302.41 – $14,246.40
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $6,927.32 $302.41 – $14,602.56
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $4,879.40 $479.51 – $17,808.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $5,128.71 $302.41 – $14,780.64

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