Spinal puncture lumbar diagnostic w/fluoroscopic or CT guidance at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$936.54
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.
$1,931.00
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.
$214.11 with Noble IPA vs $6,374.00 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.
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 | $214.11 | ↓ -77% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $214.11 | ↓ -77% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $237.90 | ↓ -75% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $237.90 | ↓ -75% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $237.90 | ↓ -75% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $237.90 | ↓ -75% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $237.90 | ↓ -75% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $238.13 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $297.66 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $322.59 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $322.59 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $333.06 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $333.06 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $356.85 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $356.85 | ↓ -62% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 | $364.67 | ↓ -61% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 | $364.67 | ↓ -61% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $482.75 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $482.75 | ↓ -48% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $837.41 | ↓ -11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -6% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $879.92 | ↓ -6% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -6% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -6% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -6% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -6% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -6% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $879.92 | ↓ -6% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↓ -6% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $923.92 | ↓ -1% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $967.91 | ↑ +3% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $980.24 | ↑ +5% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $1,099.90 | ↑ +17% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $1,099.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,158.60 | ↑ +24% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,189.50 | ↑ +27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,189.50 | ↑ +27% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,197.22 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,293.77 | ↑ +38% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,332.39 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,351.70 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $1,448.25 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,486.87 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,525.49 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,768.00 | ↑ +196% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,417.00 | ↑ +265% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,131.00 | ↑ +341% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,178.00 | ↑ +453% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,603.00 | ↑ +498% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,374.00 | ↑ +581% |
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Spinal puncture lumbar diagnostic w/fluoroscopic or CT guidance at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $790.59 | $359.92 – $1,617.30 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $601.34 | $138.50 – $1,117.44 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,391.79 | $951.25 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $851.30 | $237.90 – $1,766.94 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,204.13 | $237.90 – $1,771.84 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $757.74 | $237.90 – $1,821.82 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $745.34 | $237.90 – $1,607.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $737.31 | $237.90 – $1,587.11 |