Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$135.32
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.
$279.00
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.
$52.92 with Noble IPA vs $294.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 |
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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $52.92 | ↓ -61% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $52.92 | ↓ -61% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $58.80 | ↓ -57% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $58.80 | ↓ -57% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $58.80 | ↓ -57% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $58.80 | ↓ -57% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $58.80 | ↓ -57% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $58.80 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $59.71 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $59.71 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -50% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -50% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -50% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $67.89 | ↓ -50% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -50% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $67.89 | ↓ -50% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -50% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -50% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $68.64 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $68.64 | ↓ -49% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $69.75 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $69.75 | ↓ -48% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $71.28 | ↓ -47% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $74.68 | ↓ -45% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $75.63 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.73 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.73 | ↓ -41% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.32 | ↓ -39% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.32 | ↓ -39% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $84.86 | ↓ -37% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $84.86 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $88.20 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $88.20 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $107.61 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $108.03 | ↓ -20% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $144.28 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $162.93 | ↑ +20% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $172.98 | ↑ +28% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $192.51 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $195.30 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $200.60 | ↑ +48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $209.25 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $214.83 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $220.41 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $279.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $279.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $279.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $294.00 | ↑ +117% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $294.00 | ↑ +117% |
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Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $190.10 | $59.71 – $338.52 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $504.39 | $70.23 – $110.13 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $170.18 | $16.70 – $89.15 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $115.22 | $9.75 – $37.66 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $155.86 | $9.02 – $104.80 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $135.79 | $18.93 – $99.43 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $134.33 | $18.93 – $99.43 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $379.44 | $73.99 – $139.18 |