Whole blood or red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced each unit 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

$1,293.01

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.

$2,666.00

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.

$196.93 with Noble IPA vs $6,798.00 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.

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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
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $196.93 ↓ -85%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $196.93 ↓ -85%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $218.81 ↓ -83%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $218.81 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $218.81 ↓ -83%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $218.81 ↓ -83%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $218.81 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $218.81 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $273.51 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $296.71 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $296.71 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $306.33 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $306.33 ↓ -76%
EasyChoice Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicare|All Other Plans $308.04 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicare|Senior $308.04 ↓ -76%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $308.04 ↓ -76%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -76%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -76%
GlobalCare Commercial|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -76%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $308.04 ↓ -76%
Preferred IPA Medicare|All Plans $308.04 ↓ -76%
Noble IPA Medicare|All Plans $323.44 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $328.22 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $328.22 ↓ -75%
HPN Medicare|Senior $338.84 ↓ -74%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $343.16 ↓ -73%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $385.05 ↓ -70%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $385.05 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $533.20 ↓ -59%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $613.18 ↓ -53%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $666.50 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $666.50 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $770.21 ↓ -40%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,094.05 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,094.05 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,572.94 ↑ +22%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,652.92 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,839.54 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,866.20 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $1,999.50 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,052.82 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,106.14 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|PPO $2,113.00 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,399.40 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,666.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|HMO $6,798.00 ↑ +426%

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Whole blood or red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced each unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Los Angeles Medical Center LOS ANGELES $313.04 not published
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $337.12 not published
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $299.60 $184.68 – $616.08
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $337.12 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $337.12 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $337.12 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $313.04 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $313.04 not published

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