Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with contrast) at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$3,346.50
Cash price 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.
$6,900.00
Gross charge 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.
$345.64 with Noble IPA vs $5,451.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $345.64 | ↓ -90% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $345.64 | ↓ -90% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $384.05 | ↓ -89% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $384.05 | ↓ -89% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $384.05 | ↓ -89% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $384.05 | ↓ -89% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $384.05 | ↓ -89% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $384.05 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -86% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $453.77 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -86% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -86% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -86% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -86% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -86% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $453.77 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -86% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $469.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $476.46 | ↓ -86% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $499.15 | ↓ -85% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $505.50 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $520.77 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $520.77 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $537.67 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $537.67 | ↓ -84% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $567.21 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $567.21 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $576.08 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $576.08 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $711.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $715.00 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $828.27 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $828.27 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $834.00 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $875.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $945.00 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,224.59 | ↓ -63% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,351.86 | ↓ -60% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,725.00 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,725.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,907.00 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,907.00 | ↓ -43% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,920.25 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,920.25 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,942.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,942.33 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,942.33 | ↓ -42% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,278.00 | ↑ +28% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,761.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,830.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,313.00 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,451.00 | ↑ +63% |
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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| West Los Angeles Medical Center | LOS ANGELES | $2,860.00 | $324.00 – $324.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,686.30 | $453.77 – $3,003.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $4,995.20 | $476.00 – $476.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $4,995.20 | $476.00 – $476.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $2,860.00 | $324.00 – $324.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $2,860.00 | $324.00 – $324.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,597.78 | $71.43 – $2,728.61 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $4,995.20 | $476.00 – $476.00 |