Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex 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

$19.40

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.

$40.00

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.

$9.60 with Blue Shield CA vs $152.70 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 $9.60 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $10.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $10.00 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $24.00 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $24.80 ↑ +28%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +34%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $26.07 ↑ +34%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +34%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +34%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +34%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +34%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $26.07 ↑ +34%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +34%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $26.07 ↑ +34%
HPN Medicare|Senior $26.07 ↑ +34%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +34%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +34%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $26.07 ↑ +34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +34%
United Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +34%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $27.37 ↑ +41%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $27.49 ↑ +42%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $27.49 ↑ +42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $27.60 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $28.00 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $28.50 ↑ +47%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $29.05 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $30.00 ↑ +55%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $30.54 ↑ +57%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $30.54 ↑ +57%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $30.54 ↑ +57%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $30.54 ↑ +57%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $30.54 ↑ +57%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $30.54 ↑ +57%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $30.80 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|HMO $31.28 ↑ +61%
United Commercial|PPO $31.28 ↑ +61%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $31.60 ↑ +63%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $32.59 ↑ +68%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $32.59 ↑ +68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $36.40 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $40.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $40.00 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $40.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $40.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $40.00 ↑ +106%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $40.00 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $40.00 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $40.00 ↑ +106%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $45.81 ↑ +136%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $45.81 ↑ +136%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $51.73 ↑ +167%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $51.73 ↑ +167%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $74.94 ↑ +286%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $152.70 ↑ +687%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $152.70 ↑ +687%

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Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $17.52 $8.14 – $69.19
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $27.90 $5.21 – $35.13
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $129.54 $25.55 – $212.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $24.29 $15.07 – $67.19
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $43.41 $21.66 – $39.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $22.25 $8.14 – $78.99
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $49.35 $10.50 – $74.94
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $48.82 $10.50 – $74.94

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