Triamcinolone acetonide 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$138.71

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.

$286.00

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.

$1.30 with Health Net vs $73.00 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
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $1.30 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|HMO $1.49 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|PPO $1.49 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1.77 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1.82 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1.82 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1.82 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.13 ↓ -98%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $4.80 ↓ -97%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $4.80 ↓ -97%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $5.33 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $5.33 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $5.33 ↓ -96%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $5.41 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.03 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $7.23 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $7.23 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $7.46 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $7.46 ↓ -95%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $18.25 ↓ -87%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $18.25 ↓ -87%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $18.76 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $25.55 ↓ -82%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $25.55 ↓ -82%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $26.65 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $26.65 ↓ -81%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $45.26 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $46.72 ↓ -66%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $50.37 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $50.37 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $50.37 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $51.10 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $54.75 ↓ -61%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $56.21 ↓ -59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $57.67 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $70.08 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $73.00 ↓ -47%

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Triamcinolone acetonide 40 mg/ml suspension for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Los Angeles Medical Center LOS ANGELES $7.73 $0.86 – $0.86
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $1.49 – $52.26
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $8.33 $0.86 – $0.86
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $8.33 $0.86 – $0.86
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $7.73 $0.86 – $0.86
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $7.73 $0.86 – $0.86
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $8.33 $0.86 – $0.86
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $8.33 $0.86 – $0.86

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