Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction 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

$119.80

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.

$247.00

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.

$18.76 with Noble IPA vs $6,798.00 with United — 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $18.76 ↓ -84%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $18.76 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $20.84 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $20.84 ↓ -83%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $20.84 ↓ -83%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $20.84 ↓ -83%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $20.84 ↓ -83%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $20.84 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $20.98 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $28.26 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $28.26 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $29.18 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $29.18 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $31.26 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $31.26 ↓ -74%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $61.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $61.75 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $73.36 ↓ -39%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $104.20 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $104.20 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $120.83 ↑ +1%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $170.43 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $172.90 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $182.93 ↑ +53%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $185.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $190.19 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $195.13 ↑ +63%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $223.00 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $225.23 ↑ +88%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $247.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $247.00 ↑ +106%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $247.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $247.00 ↑ +106%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $247.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $247.00 ↑ +106%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $247.00 ↑ +106%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $247.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $247.00 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $247.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $247.00 ↑ +106%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $247.00 ↑ +106%
United Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↑ +116%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $258.43 ↑ +116%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $259.35 ↑ +116%
HPN Medicare|Senior $271.70 ↑ +127%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $275.16 ↑ +130%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $308.75 ↑ +158%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $308.75 ↑ +158%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $391.00 ↑ +226%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $569.00 ↑ +375%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $569.00 ↑ +375%
United Commercial|PPO $2,113.00 ↑ +1664%
United Commercial|HMO $6,798.00 ↑ +5574%

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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $394.64 $28.01 – $546.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $433.50 $115.41 – $301.12
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $312.87 $18.30 – $746.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $259.74 $20.84 – $370.44
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $272.44 $18.30 – $1,149.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $335.02 $20.84 – $794.64
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $331.41 $20.84 – $12,607.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $518.67 $145.85 – $310.92

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