T3 (triiodothyronine) free 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

$33.95

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.

$70.00

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.

$15.40 with Noble IPA vs $85.55 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $15.40 ↓ -55%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $15.40 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $16.80 ↓ -51%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -50%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -50%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -50%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $16.94 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $16.94 ↓ -50%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -50%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $16.94 ↓ -50%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -50%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -50%
HPN Medicare|Senior $16.94 ↓ -50%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $16.94 ↓ -50%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $17.11 ↓ -50%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $17.11 ↓ -50%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $17.11 ↓ -50%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $17.11 ↓ -50%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $17.11 ↓ -50%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $17.11 ↓ -50%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $17.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $17.50 ↓ -48%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $17.79 ↓ -48%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $18.88 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|HMO $20.33 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|PPO $20.33 ↓ -40%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $21.18 ↓ -38%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $21.18 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $22.14 ↓ -35%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $23.20 ↓ -32%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $23.20 ↓ -32%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $23.95 ↓ -29%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $23.95 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $25.66 ↓ -24%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $25.66 ↓ -24%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $33.60 ↓ -1%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $33.60 ↓ -1%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $41.99 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $42.00 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $43.40 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $48.30 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $49.00 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $52.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $53.90 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $55.30 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $63.70 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $70.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $70.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $70.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $70.00 ↑ +106%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $85.55 ↑ +152%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $85.55 ↑ +152%

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T3 (triiodothyronine) free at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $70.52 $1.35 – $44.94
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $13.15 $2.46 – $19.68
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $329.46 $16.60 – $138.33
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $72.34 $2.50 – $43.64
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $96.57 $16.94 – $41.51
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $66.25 $1.35 – $51.31
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $18.18 $2.50 – $48.68
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $17.99 $2.50 – $48.68

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