Tissue culture placenta at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$79.76
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.
$164.45
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.
$41.12 with DHR vs $538.10 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $41.12 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $41.12 | ↓ -48% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $96.86 | ↑ +21% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $96.86 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $98.67 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $101.96 | ↑ +28% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $107.62 | ↑ +35% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $107.62 | ↑ +35% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $107.62 | ↑ +35% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $107.62 | ↑ +35% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $107.62 | ↑ +35% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $107.62 | ↑ +35% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $113.48 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $115.12 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $123.34 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $126.63 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $129.92 | ↑ +63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $145.93 | ↑ +83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $145.93 | ↑ +83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $149.65 | ↑ +88% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $150.30 | ↑ +88% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $150.30 | ↑ +88% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $150.30 | ↑ +88% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $150.30 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $150.30 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $150.30 | ↑ +88% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $150.30 | ↑ +88% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $150.30 | ↑ +88% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $150.30 | ↑ +88% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $150.30 | ↑ +88% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $150.30 | ↑ +88% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $150.30 | ↑ +88% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $150.30 | ↑ +88% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $150.30 | ↑ +88% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $150.30 | ↑ +88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $150.67 | ↑ +89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $150.67 | ↑ +89% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $157.82 | ↑ +98% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.43 | ↑ +102% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.43 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $164.45 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $164.45 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $164.45 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $164.45 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $164.45 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $164.45 | ↑ +106% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $164.45 | ↑ +106% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $167.44 | ↑ +110% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $187.88 | ↑ +136% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $187.88 | ↑ +136% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $264.11 | ↑ +231% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $298.18 | ↑ +274% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $298.18 | ↑ +274% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $538.10 | ↑ +575% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $538.10 | ↑ +575% |
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Tissue culture placenta at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $70.39 | $82.23 – $387.28 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $64.47 | $44.41 – $455.28 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $84.07 | $87.50 – $431.93 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $83.17 | $87.50 – $431.93 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $129.39 | $22.66 – $181.28 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $66.63 | $36.75 – $175.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $116.70 | $107.62 – $213.01 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $51.78 | $63.65 – $95.00 |