Transcath biopsy 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

$7,774.07

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.

$16,029.00

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.

$158.07 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $29,023.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $158.07 ↓ -98%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $158.07 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $158.07 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $158.07 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $214.98 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $214.98 ↓ -97%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $224.26 ↓ -97%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $224.26 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $237.10 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $237.10 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $246.99 ↓ -97%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $249.18 ↓ -97%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $249.18 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $348.85 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $348.85 ↓ -96%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $556.41 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,245.90 ↓ -84%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,245.90 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $2,680.88 ↓ -66%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $2,680.88 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,768.00 ↓ -64%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $4,007.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $4,007.25 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -12%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -12%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -12%
United Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $6,868.48 ↓ -12%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -12%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -12%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -12%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -12%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -12%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $6,868.48 ↓ -12%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -12%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $7,211.90 ↓ -7%
HPN Medicare|Senior $7,555.33 ↓ -3%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $7,651.49 ↓ -2%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $8,585.60 ↑ +10%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $8,585.60 ↑ +10%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $9,617.40 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $9,937.98 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $10,233.00 ↑ +32%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $10,739.43 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11,060.01 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $11,220.30 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $12,021.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12,342.33 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,662.91 ↑ +63%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $13,878.00 ↑ +79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15,561.00 ↑ +100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23,577.00 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29,023.00 ↑ +273%

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Transcath biopsy at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,638.52 $194.43 – $12,048.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,754.23 $158.07 – $10,467.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,354.34 $158.07 – $10,038.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,838.00 $158.07 – $6,896.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,163.91 $158.07 – $6,868.48
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,775.95 $0.80 – $4,470.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $6,852.36 $2,238.00 – $15,575.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,576.96 $5,171.00 – $13,240.19

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