Venipuncture >= 3 years diagnostic/therapeutic (not to be used for routine venipuncture) at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$528.17
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.
$1,089.00
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.
$12.39 with HCLA vs $7,705.00 with United — 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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| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $12.39 | ↓ -98% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.39 | ↓ -98% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.39 | ↓ -98% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $12.39 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $16.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.59 | ↓ -97% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.59 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $18.53 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.53 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.59 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.59 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $19.36 | ↓ -96% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $19.54 | ↓ -96% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $19.54 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.36 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.36 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $43.61 | ↓ -92% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $97.70 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $97.70 | ↓ -82% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $272.25 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $272.25 | ↓ -48% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $653.40 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $675.18 | ↑ +28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $686.07 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $707.85 | ↑ +34% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $729.63 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $740.52 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $740.52 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $740.52 | ↑ +40% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $751.41 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $816.75 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $838.53 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $860.31 | ↑ +63% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7,375.00 | ↑ +1296% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $7,705.00 | ↑ +1359% |
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Venipuncture >= 3 years diagnostic/therapeutic (not to be used for routine venipuncture) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| West Los Angeles Medical Center | LOS ANGELES | $202.80 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $217.25 | $15.24 – $386.88 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $151.76 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $151.76 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $202.80 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $202.80 | not published |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $23.82 | $17.63 – $41.71 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $151.76 | not published |