Sickling rbc 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

$65.48

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.

$135.00

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.

$5.51 with Central Health Plan vs $32.40 with Care 1st — 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
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -92%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -92%
HPN Medicare|Senior $5.51 ↓ -92%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $5.51 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $5.51 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -92%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $5.51 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -92%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $5.51 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.58 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $5.79 ↓ -91%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $5.81 ↓ -91%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $5.81 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $5.83 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $5.83 ↓ -91%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $6.14 ↓ -91%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $6.48 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $6.48 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $6.48 ↓ -90%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6.48 ↓ -90%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $6.48 ↓ -90%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6.48 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|HMO $6.61 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|PPO $6.61 ↓ -90%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $6.89 ↓ -89%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $6.89 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.25 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $8.79 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $8.79 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $9.07 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $9.07 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $9.72 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $9.72 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $10.93 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $10.93 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $13.93 ↓ -79%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $14.40 ↓ -78%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $15.91 ↓ -76%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $16.02 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.25 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $17.41 ↓ -73%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $17.88 ↓ -73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $18.34 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $21.13 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.21 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $23.21 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.21 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.21 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $32.40 ↓ -51%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $32.40 ↓ -51%

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Sickling rbc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $10.17 $5.51 – $18.11
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $24.44 $1.10 – $7.46
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $53.55 $5.40 – $45.17
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $37.75 $5.51 – $22.75
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $15.46 $5.51 – $22.75
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $34.58 $5.51 – $22.75
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $72.35 $5.51 – $18.57
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $71.57 $5.51 – $18.34

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