Warde analysis gene hfe common variants 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

$31.53

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.

$65.00

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.

$16.25 with DHR vs $280.80 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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $16.25 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $16.25 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $39.00 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $40.30 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $44.85 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $45.50 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $48.75 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $50.05 ↑ +59%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $50.54 ↑ +60%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $50.54 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $51.35 ↑ +63%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $56.16 ↑ +78%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $56.16 ↑ +78%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $56.16 ↑ +78%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $56.16 ↑ +78%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $56.16 ↑ +78%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $56.16 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $59.15 ↑ +88%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $65.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $65.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $65.00 ↑ +106%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $65.00 ↑ +106%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $65.00 ↑ +106%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $65.00 ↑ +106%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $65.00 ↑ +106%
United Medicare|All Plans $65.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|HMO $65.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $65.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $65.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $65.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|PPO $65.00 ↑ +106%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $65.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $65.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $65.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $65.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $65.00 ↑ +106%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $65.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $65.00 ↑ +106%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $65.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $65.00 ↑ +106%
HPN Medicare|Senior $65.00 ↑ +106%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $65.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $65.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $65.00 ↑ +106%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $68.25 ↑ +116%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $72.41 ↑ +130%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $81.25 ↑ +158%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $81.25 ↑ +158%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $84.24 ↑ +167%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $84.24 ↑ +167%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $129.65 ↑ +311%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $129.65 ↑ +311%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $197.68 ↑ +527%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $280.80 ↑ +791%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $280.80 ↑ +791%

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Warde analysis gene hfe common variants at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $28.47 $17.55 – $173.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $200.43 $64.05 – $420.97
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $27.82 $32.50 – $168.39
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $43.29 $35.19 – $65.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $25.48 $17.55 – $197.96
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $24.12 $32.50 – $187.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $23.86 $32.50 – $187.80
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $200.43 $65.36 – $532.00

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