Tc-99m pyroph diag per dose up to 25 mci 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 $57.65 ↑ +6%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $57.65 ↑ +6%
United Commercial|PPO $63.51 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|HMO $63.51 ↑ +17%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $64.05 ↑ +18%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $64.05 ↑ +18%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $64.05 ↑ +18%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $64.05 ↑ +18%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $64.05 ↑ +18%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $64.05 ↑ +18%
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%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $80.06 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $84.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $86.24 ↑ +59%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $86.85 ↑ +60%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $86.85 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $88.48 ↑ +63%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $89.67 ↑ +65%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $89.67 ↑ +65%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $96.07 ↑ +77%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $96.07 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $107.52 ↑ +98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $112.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $225.46 ↑ +315%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $320.25 ↑ +490%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $320.25 ↑ +490%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↑ +5270%

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Tc-99m pyroph diag per dose up to 25 mci at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $393.33 $32.52 – $700.44
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $384.35 $19.76 – $880.04
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $286.38 $64.05 – $359.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $281.85 $19.76 – $704.62
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $208.51 $63.51 – $449.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $206.26 $48.59 – $443.98
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $165.23 $63.51 – $460.84
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $289.43 $34.95 – $528.28

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