Salivary gland imaging at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$491.79
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.
$1,014.00
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.
$78.22 with Noble IPA vs $2,917.00 with Healthcare Partners — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.22 | ↓ -84% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.22 | ↓ -84% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $86.91 | ↓ -82% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $86.91 | ↓ -82% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $86.91 | ↓ -82% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $86.91 | ↓ -82% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $86.91 | ↓ -82% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $86.91 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $108.64 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $117.85 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $117.85 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $121.67 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $121.67 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $130.37 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $130.37 | ↓ -73% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $253.50 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $253.50 | ↓ -48% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $305.92 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $434.55 | ↓ -12% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $434.55 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $497.26 | ↑ +1% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +4% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $536.10 | ↑ +9% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $561.63 | ↑ +14% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $568.78 | ↑ +16% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $628.68 | ↑ +28% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $638.21 | ↑ +30% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $638.21 | ↑ +30% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $648.96 | ↑ +32% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $699.66 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $709.80 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $752.84 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $760.50 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $780.78 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $801.06 | ↑ +63% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $848.52 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $848.52 | ↑ +73% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $861.64 | ↑ +75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $861.64 | ↑ +75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $861.64 | ↑ +75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $926.93 | ↑ +88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,364.43 | ↑ +177% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,364.43 | ↑ +177% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $2,917.00 | ↑ +493% |
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Salivary gland imaging at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $449.75 | $86.91 – $1,612.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $473.20 | $193.11 – $1,439.81 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $511.35 | $360.97 – $1,950.38 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $508.90 – $589.01 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $567.62 – $643.13 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $514.17 – $729.31 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $290.93 – $538.63 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $731.01 – $731.01 |