Tacrolimus 1 mg capsule, immediate-release 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

$6.79

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.

$14.00

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.

$0.30 with United vs $4.00 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.

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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
United Commercial|PPO $0.30 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $0.30 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $0.40 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $0.40 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.40 ↓ -94%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $0.53 ↓ -92%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $0.72 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.87 ↓ -87%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1.00 ↓ -85%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1.00 ↓ -85%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $1.20 ↓ -82%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $1.20 ↓ -82%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $1.40 ↓ -79%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $1.40 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $1.40 ↓ -79%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $2.48 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2.56 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2.76 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2.76 ↓ -59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2.76 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2.80 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $3.00 ↓ -56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3.08 ↓ -55%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3.16 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3.84 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4.00 ↓ -41%

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Tacrolimus 1 mg capsule, immediate-release at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $34.61 $0.30 – $11.70
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5.61 $0.39 – $5.09
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $20.55 $0.30 – $5.88
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $12.08 $4.70 – $17.77
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $18.82 $0.30 – $5.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $53.06 $0.30 – $3.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $52.49 $0.30 – $3.16
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $24.17 $0.39 – $5.51

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