Thyroxine binding globulin (tbg) at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$6.93
Cash price 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.
$14.28
Gross charge 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.
$3.43 with Blue Shield CA vs $94.25 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3.43 | ↓ -51% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.57 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.57 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $8.57 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $8.86 | ↑ +28% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9.86 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $10.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $10.71 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $11.00 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11.29 | ↑ +63% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.86 | ↑ +86% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.86 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13.00 | ↑ +88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $14.28 | ↑ +106% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $15.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.91 | ↑ +130% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $17.85 | ↑ +158% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $17.85 | ↑ +158% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.42 | ↑ +209% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.42 | ↑ +209% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29.33 | ↑ +323% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $29.33 | ↑ +323% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $46.25 | ↑ +567% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $94.25 | ↑ +1260% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $94.25 | ↑ +1260% |
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Thyroxine binding globulin (tbg) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $18.15 | $2.96 – $28.13 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $63.72 | $14.48 – $112.77 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6.12 | $7.14 – $38.09 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $9.52 | $7.73 – $14.28 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5.60 | $3.86 – $44.78 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5.30 | $7.14 – $42.49 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5.25 | $7.14 – $42.49 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $63.72 | $14.78 – $142.52 |