Susceptibility mic per plate 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

$220.19

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.

$454.00

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.

$7.20 with Blue Shield CA vs $53.85 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.

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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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7.20 ↓ -97%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $7.50 ↓ -97%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $7.50 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.65 ↓ -96%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $8.65 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $8.65 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.65 ↓ -96%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.65 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $8.65 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $8.65 ↓ -96%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.65 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8.65 ↓ -96%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $8.65 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $8.65 ↓ -96%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $8.65 ↓ -96%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.65 ↓ -96%
HPN Medicare|Senior $8.65 ↓ -96%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $8.65 ↓ -96%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $9.08 ↓ -96%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $9.64 ↓ -96%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $9.69 ↓ -96%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $9.69 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|PPO $10.38 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $10.38 ↓ -95%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.77 ↓ -95%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $10.77 ↓ -95%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.77 ↓ -95%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $10.77 ↓ -95%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $10.77 ↓ -95%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $10.77 ↓ -95%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $10.81 ↓ -95%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $10.81 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $14.14 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $14.60 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $14.60 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $15.08 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $15.08 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $16.16 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $16.16 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.15 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $17.15 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $18.00 ↓ -92%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $18.60 ↓ -92%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $20.70 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $21.00 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $22.50 ↓ -90%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $23.10 ↓ -90%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $23.70 ↓ -89%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $26.44 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $27.30 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $30.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $30.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $30.00 ↓ -86%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $53.85 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $53.85 ↓ -76%

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Susceptibility mic per plate at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $294.78 $2.09 – $22.94
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $103.80 $1.73 – $25.22
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $449.31 $8.48 – $70.56
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $199.02 $8.65 – $25.48
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $109.23 $8.65 – $21.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $182.28 $7.02 – $26.19
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $51.20 $4.78 – $24.85
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $50.65 $4.78 – $24.85

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