Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation 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

$893.37

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.

$1,842.00

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.

$65.35 with Noble IPA vs $1,455.18 with MultiPlan — 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 $65.35 ↓ -93%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $65.35 ↓ -93%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $72.61 ↓ -92%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $72.61 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $72.61 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $72.61 ↓ -92%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $72.61 ↓ -92%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $72.61 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $98.46 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $98.46 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $101.65 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $101.65 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $108.91 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $108.91 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $120.00 ↓ -87%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $181.00 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $205.00 ↓ -77%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $255.59 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $347.17 ↓ -61%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $363.05 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $363.05 ↓ -59%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $460.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $460.50 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $525.60 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $647.15 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $987.92 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $987.92 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $987.92 ↑ +11%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,142.04 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,270.98 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,289.40 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,381.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,418.34 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,455.18 ↑ +63%

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Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Los Angeles Medical Center LOS ANGELES $967.20 not published
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $656.13 $109.85 – $1,168.44
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $1,349.60 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,349.60 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $967.20 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $967.20 not published
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $442.74 $58.63 – $138.71
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $1,349.60 not published

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