Transcatheter bx s&i 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

$961.27

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.

$1,982.00

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.

$495.50 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 $495.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $495.50 ↓ -48%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $515.32 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $515.32 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $540.19 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,189.20 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,228.84 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,367.58 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,387.40 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,486.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,526.14 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,565.78 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,803.62 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,982.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,982.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,982.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,982.00 ↑ +106%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $2,622.00 ↑ +173%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↑ +203%

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Transcatheter bx s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $854.98 $527.04 – $1,522.56
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $3,606.40 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $3,606.40 not published
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $3,606.40 not published
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $3,606.40 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,117.51 $1,305.50 – $2,574.57
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,023.52 $672.03 – $2,439.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,830.52 $1,740.33 – $3,947.20

All California hospitals for this procedure →