Vasopressin 20 unit/ml intravenous solution 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

$863.79

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.

$1,781.00

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.

$349.25 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,397.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $349.25 ↓ -60%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $349.25 ↓ -60%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $349.25 ↓ -60%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $419.10 ↓ -51%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $419.10 ↓ -51%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans < 21 $488.95 ↓ -43%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $488.95 ↓ -43%
HCLA Medicaid|All Other Plans > 21 $488.95 ↓ -43%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $866.14 ↑ +0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $894.08 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $963.93 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $963.93 ↑ +12%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $963.93 ↑ +12%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $977.90 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,047.75 ↑ +21%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,075.69 ↑ +25%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,103.63 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,341.12 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,397.00 ↑ +62%

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Vasopressin 20 unit/ml intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Los Angeles Medical Center LOS ANGELES $633.51 $1.26 – $1.26
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $335.07 $100.00 – $596.70
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $682.24 $1.26 – $1.26
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $682.24 $1.26 – $1.26
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $633.51 $1.26 – $1.26
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $633.51 $1.26 – $1.26
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $682.24 $1.26 – $1.26
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $682.24 $1.26 – $1.26

All California hospitals for this procedure →