Tc-99m mebrofenin 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

$54.32

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.

$112.00

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.

$28.00 with DHR vs $2,917.00 with Healthcare Partners — 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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $28.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $28.00 ↓ -48%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $40.82 ↓ -25%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $40.82 ↓ -25%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $45.36 ↓ -16%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $45.36 ↓ -16%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $45.36 ↓ -16%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $45.36 ↓ -16%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $45.36 ↓ -16%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $45.36 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $56.70 ↑ +4%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $61.51 ↑ +13%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $61.51 ↑ +13%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $63.50 ↑ +17%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $63.50 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $68.04 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $68.04 ↑ +25%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $69.44 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $71.68 ↑ +32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $71.68 ↑ +32%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $77.28 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $78.40 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $84.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $86.24 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $88.48 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $107.52 ↑ +98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $112.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|PPO $112.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|HMO $112.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $159.67 ↑ +194%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $226.80 ↑ +318%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $226.80 ↑ +318%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↑ +5270%

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Tc-99m mebrofenin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $136.66 $68.62 – $243.36
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $533.20 $74.84 – $742.05
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $485.36 $45.36 – $1,111.32
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $937.07 $45.36 – $1,175.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $437.48 $45.36 – $1,093.68
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $141.73 $45.36 – $305.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $140.20 $45.36 – $301.78
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $596.53 $45.36 – $1,663.78

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