X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 2-3 views at California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056
$880.28
Cash price 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.
$1,815.00
Gross charge 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.
$50.68 with Noble IPA vs $2,917.00 with Healthcare Partners — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|> 21 | $50.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Noble IPA | Medicaid|< 21 | $50.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $56.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Angeles IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $56.31 | ↓ -94% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $56.31 | ↓ -94% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $56.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicaid|Risk | $56.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $56.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $76.36 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $76.36 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.83 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.83 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $84.47 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $84.47 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $109.59 | ↓ -88% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -85% |
| Preferred IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -85% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $135.12 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Other Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicare|Senior | $135.12 | ↓ -85% |
| GlobalCare | Commercial|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -85% |
| EasyChoice | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -85% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -85% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -85% |
| Noble IPA | Medicare|All Plans | $141.88 | ↓ -84% |
| HPN | Medicare|Senior | $148.63 | ↓ -83% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $150.53 | ↓ -83% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $168.90 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $168.90 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $198.21 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $263.81 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $263.81 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $263.81 | ↓ -70% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $281.55 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $281.55 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $394.07 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $394.07 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $439.86 | ↓ -50% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $453.75 | ↓ -48% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $453.75 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $665.93 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $819.92 | ↓ -7% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,125.30 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,161.60 | ↑ +32% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,252.35 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,270.50 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|Promise | $1,361.25 | ↑ +55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,397.55 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,433.85 | ↑ +63% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $2,917.00 | ↑ +231% |
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X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 2-3 views at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Los Angeles Sunset Medical Center | LOS ANGELES | $390.00 | $96.00 – $96.00 |
| West Los Angeles Medical Center | LOS ANGELES | $390.00 | $96.00 – $96.00 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $341.60 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $617.58 | $85.19 – $1,099.80 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $341.60 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $341.60 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $341.60 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $390.00 | $96.00 – $96.00 |