Reticulocyte automated 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

$112.04

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.

$231.00

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.

$3.99 with EasyChoice vs $171.43 with MultiPlan — 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
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $3.99 ↓ -96%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $3.99 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3.99 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3.99 ↓ -96%
United Medicare|All Plans $3.99 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $3.99 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $3.99 ↓ -96%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3.99 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3.99 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $3.99 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $3.99 ↓ -96%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3.99 ↓ -96%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $3.99 ↓ -96%
HPN Medicare|Senior $3.99 ↓ -96%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $3.99 ↓ -96%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $4.19 ↓ -96%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4.45 ↓ -96%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $4.58 ↓ -96%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $4.58 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|PPO $4.79 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $4.79 ↓ -96%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $4.99 ↓ -96%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $4.99 ↓ -96%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $5.09 ↓ -95%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $5.09 ↓ -95%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $5.09 ↓ -95%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $5.09 ↓ -95%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $5.09 ↓ -95%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $5.09 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.14 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $6.90 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $6.90 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $7.13 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $7.13 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $7.63 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $7.63 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7.90 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7.90 ↓ -93%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $12.50 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $19.76 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $19.76 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $19.76 ↓ -82%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $25.45 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $25.45 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $31.90 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $48.29 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $52.08 ↓ -54%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $54.25 ↓ -52%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $54.25 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $59.46 ↓ -47%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $134.54 ↑ +20%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $149.73 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $151.90 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $162.75 ↑ +45%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $167.09 ↑ +49%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $171.43 ↑ +53%

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Reticulocyte automated at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $114.76 $3.99 – $12.45
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $93.84 $3.91 – $32.64
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $132.26 $3.99 – $14.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $60.61 $3.99 – $89.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $121.13 $3.99 – $14.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $120.58 $3.99 – $72.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $119.28 $3.99 – $71.89
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $153.00 $3.99 – $41.25

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