Wbc automated 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

$132.89

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.

$274.00

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.

$2.54 with EasyChoice vs $216.46 with MultiPlan — 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
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $2.54 ↓ -98%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $2.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2.54 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2.54 ↓ -98%
United Medicare|All Plans $2.54 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $2.54 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $2.54 ↓ -98%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2.54 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2.54 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $2.54 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $2.54 ↓ -98%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2.54 ↓ -98%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $2.54 ↓ -98%
HPN Medicare|Senior $2.54 ↓ -98%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $2.54 ↓ -98%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $2.67 ↓ -98%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $2.83 ↓ -98%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $2.92 ↓ -98%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $2.92 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|PPO $3.05 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|HMO $3.05 ↓ -98%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $3.17 ↓ -98%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $3.17 ↓ -98%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $3.24 ↓ -98%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3.24 ↓ -98%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3.24 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $3.24 ↓ -98%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $3.24 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $3.24 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $3.61 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $4.39 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $4.39 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $4.54 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $4.54 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $4.86 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $4.86 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5.04 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5.04 ↓ -96%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $7.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.50 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12.50 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12.50 ↓ -91%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $16.20 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $16.20 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $20.41 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $30.89 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $38.04 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $65.76 ↓ -51%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $68.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $68.50 ↓ -48%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $169.88 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $189.06 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $191.80 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $205.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $210.98 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $216.46 ↑ +63%

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St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $58.26 $2.54 – $103.74
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $4.77 $0.51 – $7.76
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $13.77 $2.49 – $20.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $113.85 $2.54 – $7.84
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $24.65 $2.54 – $36.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $104.28 $2.16 – $7.84
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $123.18 $2.54 – $27.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $121.85 $2.54 – $27.65

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