Urea nitrogen 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

$68.87

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.

$142.00

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.

$3.95 with HPN vs $22.60 with Blue Shield CA — 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
HPN Medicare|Senior $3.95 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $3.95 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $3.95 ↓ -94%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -94%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -94%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -94%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $3.95 ↓ -94%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -94%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $3.95 ↓ -94%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $4.07 ↓ -94%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $4.07 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.08 ↓ -94%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $4.15 ↓ -94%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $4.25 ↓ -94%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $4.25 ↓ -94%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4.41 ↓ -94%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -93%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $4.52 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $4.52 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $4.52 ↓ -93%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -93%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $4.74 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|PPO $4.74 ↓ -93%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $4.94 ↓ -93%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $4.94 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.03 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $6.13 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $6.13 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $6.33 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $6.33 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $6.78 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $6.78 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7.84 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7.84 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $10.20 ↓ -85%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $10.54 ↓ -85%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $11.09 ↓ -84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11.73 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $11.90 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $12.75 ↓ -81%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -81%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13.43 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $15.47 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $17.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.00 ↓ -75%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $22.60 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $22.60 ↓ -67%

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Urea nitrogen at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $73.59 $1.91 – $10.49
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $26.92 $0.79 – $41.71
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $148.92 $3.87 – $32.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $98.87 $3.54 – $10.19
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $46.62 $3.95 – $16.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $90.56 $1.91 – $11.98
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $99.80 $3.95 – $13.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $98.73 $3.95 – $13.43

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