Tocilizumab 162 mg/0.9 ml subcutaneous pen injector 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

$2,657.80

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.

$5,480.00

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.

$4.86 with Health Net vs $4,329.20 with MultiPlan — 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
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4.86 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $6.62 ↓ -100%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $7.35 ↓ -100%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $7.35 ↓ -100%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $7.35 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7.35 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7.35 ↓ -100%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $7.35 ↓ -100%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7.35 ↓ -100%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $7.35 ↓ -100%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.35 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $7.35 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $7.35 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $7.35 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $7.35 ↓ -100%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $7.35 ↓ -100%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $7.72 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7.97 ↓ -100%
HPN Medicare|Senior $8.09 ↓ -100%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $8.19 ↓ -100%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $9.19 ↓ -100%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $9.19 ↓ -100%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $9.31 ↓ -100%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $9.31 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $9.85 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|PPO $9.85 ↓ -100%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $10.34 ↓ -100%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $10.34 ↓ -100%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $10.34 ↓ -100%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $10.58 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12.29 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12.29 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.29 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $13.31 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $14.02 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $14.02 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $14.48 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $14.48 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15.28 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23.16 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $28.52 ↓ -99%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $36.40 ↓ -99%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $51.70 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $51.70 ↓ -98%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,370.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,370.00 ↓ -48%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $1,918.00 ↓ -28%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $1,918.00 ↓ -28%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $3,397.60 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,781.20 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,781.20 ↑ +42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,781.20 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,836.00 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $4,110.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,219.60 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,329.20 ↑ +63%

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Tocilizumab 162 mg/0.9 ml subcutaneous pen injector at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,155.40 $4.59 – $1,476.30
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $4,643.04 $7.14 – $7.14
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $4,643.04 $7.14 – $7.14
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $4,643.04 $7.14 – $7.14
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $4,643.04 $7.14 – $7.14
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,938.96 $4.40 – $12.64
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $9,573.08 $7.35 – $3,375.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $8,767.87 $7.35 – $21,919.66

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