Warde 3708165 mercury urine 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

$5.34

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.

$11.00

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.

$2.04 with Blue Shield CA vs $101.25 with Care 1st — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.04 ↓ -62%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2.13 ↓ -60%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2.13 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5.10 ↓ -4%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $5.27 ↓ -1%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5.87 ↑ +10%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5.95 ↑ +11%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $6.38 ↑ +19%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6.55 ↑ +23%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6.72 ↑ +26%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $7.65 ↑ +43%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $7.65 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7.74 ↑ +45%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $8.50 ↑ +59%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $8.50 ↑ +59%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.50 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.50 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8.50 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8.50 ↑ +59%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $8.50 ↑ +59%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.50 ↑ +59%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $8.50 ↑ +59%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $8.50 ↑ +59%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8.50 ↑ +59%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8.50 ↑ +59%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.50 ↑ +59%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8.50 ↑ +59%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.50 ↑ +59%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $8.50 ↑ +59%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $8.50 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|PPO $8.50 ↑ +59%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.50 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|HMO $8.50 ↑ +59%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $8.50 ↑ +59%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $8.50 ↑ +59%
HPN Medicare|Senior $8.50 ↑ +59%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $8.50 ↑ +59%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $8.50 ↑ +59%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $8.50 ↑ +59%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $8.50 ↑ +59%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $8.50 ↑ +59%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $8.50 ↑ +59%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $8.50 ↑ +59%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $8.50 ↑ +59%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $8.50 ↑ +59%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $8.93 ↑ +67%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $9.47 ↑ +77%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $10.63 ↑ +99%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $10.63 ↑ +99%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $12.75 ↑ +139%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $12.75 ↑ +139%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $29.92 ↑ +460%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $32.26 ↑ +504%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $32.26 ↑ +504%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $101.25 ↑ +1796%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $101.25 ↑ +1796%

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Warde 3708165 mercury urine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.06 $2.30 – $43.15
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $23.79 $3.25 – $23.30
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $56.10 $15.93 – $132.12
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5.06 $4.25 – $41.90
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $7.33 $4.61 – $8.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4.63 $2.30 – $49.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $8.48 $4.25 – $46.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $8.39 $4.25 – $46.73

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