Ultrasound dx ophth b-scan 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

$794.92

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.

$1,639.00

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.

$55.63 with Noble IPA 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $55.63 ↓ -93%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $55.63 ↓ -93%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $61.81 ↓ -92%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $61.81 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $61.81 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $61.81 ↓ -92%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $61.81 ↓ -92%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $61.81 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $83.81 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $83.81 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $86.53 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $86.53 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $92.72 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $92.72 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $119.11 ↓ -85%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -83%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $135.12 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $135.12 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $135.12 ↓ -83%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -83%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -83%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -83%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $135.12 ↓ -83%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $141.88 ↓ -82%
HPN Medicare|Senior $148.63 ↓ -81%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $150.53 ↓ -81%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $168.90 ↓ -79%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $168.90 ↓ -79%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $217.57 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $242.24 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $242.24 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $242.24 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|PPO $245.18 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -69%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $309.05 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $309.05 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $350.07 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $394.07 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $394.07 ↓ -50%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $409.75 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $409.75 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $529.99 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $652.55 ↓ -18%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,016.18 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,048.96 ↑ +32%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,130.91 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,147.30 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,229.25 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,262.03 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,294.81 ↑ +63%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,917.00 ↑ +267%

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Ultrasound dx ophth b-scan at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Los Angeles Medical Center LOS ANGELES $421.20 $96.00 – $96.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $296.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $296.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $421.20 $96.00 – $96.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $421.20 $96.00 – $96.00
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $296.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $296.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $296.80 $142.00 – $142.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →