Salivary glnd img serial img 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

$382.67

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.

$789.00

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.

$90.58 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.

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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 $90.58 ↓ -76%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $90.58 ↓ -76%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $100.65 ↓ -74%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $100.65 ↓ -74%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $100.65 ↓ -74%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $100.65 ↓ -74%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $100.65 ↓ -74%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $100.65 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $125.81 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $136.48 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $136.48 ↓ -64%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $140.91 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $140.91 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $150.98 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $150.98 ↓ -61%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $197.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $197.25 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $354.29 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $473.40 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $489.18 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $503.25 ↑ +32%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $503.25 ↑ +32%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $504.96 ↑ +32%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↑ +33%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +33%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +33%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +33%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $510.57 ↑ +33%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↑ +33%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +33%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +33%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +33%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +33%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $510.57 ↑ +33%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +33%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $536.10 ↑ +40%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $544.41 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $552.30 ↑ +44%
HPN Medicare|Senior $561.63 ↑ +47%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $568.78 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $591.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $607.53 ↑ +59%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $620.56 ↑ +62%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $620.56 ↑ +62%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $620.56 ↑ +62%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $623.31 ↑ +63%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $638.21 ↑ +67%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $638.21 ↑ +67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $717.99 ↑ +88%
United Commercial|PPO $789.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|HMO $789.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $789.00 ↑ +106%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,364.43 ↑ +257%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,364.43 ↑ +257%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↑ +662%

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Salivary glnd img serial img at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,810.19 $100.65 – $1,254.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $364.70 $100.65 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $360.77 $100.65 – $1,976.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $280.77 $100.65 – $531.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $573.20 $100.65 – $511.00
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro $1,061.90 $238.78 – $1,552.13
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance $1,061.90 $246.38 – $1,572.56
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $538.74 – $740.27

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