CMS Price Transparency Data

Trauma team activation

Facility: Children's Hosp of Los Angeles

Billing Code: G0390 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$1,662

about 1.2× the $1,362 Medicare rate · typically $621–$5,825

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$960

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $702 under the fair price · 0.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $1,362 Fair price $1,662 This hospital $960 Cash price $2,452 Hospital's list price $2,452

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How this hospital compares to other CA hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 8 other CA hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $690 Priciest $1,648

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Trauma team activation is about $1,662 (about 1.2× the $1,362 Medicare rate). Children's Hosp of Los Angeles charges insurers about $960, or about $2,452 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Los Angeles, CA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$460 - $12,389	34%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$380 - $3,985	28%
Aetnamajor	$505 - $9,922	37%
Cignamajor	$429 - $1,861	32%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$428 - $2,271	31%
Health Net	$383 - $14,005	28%
Molina	$138 - $2,590	10%
Presbyterian	$322 - $3,985	24%
Sentara	$919 - $3,985	67%
+ 113 smaller / regional plans	$138 - $3,985

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 2,452), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the HCPCS code on your bill matches exactly: G0390.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Children's Hosp of Los Angeles is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code G0390.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

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Other Procedures at Children's Hosp of Los Angeles

Compare: Trauma team activation at other CA hospitals

Kern Medical Center · Bakersfield $690
Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA · Los Angeles $744
Jewish Home & Rehab Center · San Francisco $1,362
Oroville Hospital · Oroville $1,530
Los Angeles General Medical Center · Los Angeles $1,553
Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med Center · Torrance $1,553
Huntington Hospital · Pasadena $1,648
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles $1,648

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.