Artery x-rays spine at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$4,435.56
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.
$13,606.00
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.
$303.17 with Health Net vs $19,403.78 with Cigna — 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 |
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| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $303.17 | ↓ -93% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $303.17 | ↓ -93% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $303.17 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $371.69 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $371.69 | ↓ -92% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $372.90 | ↓ -92% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $372.90 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $394.13 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $394.13 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $424.44 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $454.75 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $454.75 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $503.84 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $774.40 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $774.40 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $774.40 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,282.41 | ↓ -71% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,515.85 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $3,336.04 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $3,401.50 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,401.65 | ↓ -1% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $4,442.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $5,029.00 | ↑ +13% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $6,258.76 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $6,450.40 | ↑ +45% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +55% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +55% |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +55% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +55% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +55% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $6,868.48 | ↑ +55% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +55% |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +55% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,619.36 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $7,898.75 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $8,163.60 | ↑ +84% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $8,435.72 | ↑ +90% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $8,585.60 | ↑ +94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $8,585.60 | ↑ +94% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $8,585.60 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $8,585.60 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $8,585.60 | ↑ +94% |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,585.60 | ↑ +94% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,843.90 | ↑ +99% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $10,204.50 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $10,733.33 | ↑ +142% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $10,733.33 | ↑ +142% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $10,733.33 | ↑ +142% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,733.33 | ↑ +142% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,884.80 | ↑ +145% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,403.78 | ↑ +337% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $19,403.78 | ↑ +337% |
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Artery x-rays spine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,493.98 | $458.67 – $23,085.47 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,431.56 | $303.17 – $22,418.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,890.59 | $303.17 – $26,354.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,613.92 | $303.17 – $25,002.66 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,574.95 | $303.17 – $25,002.66 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,972.74 | $303.17 – $6,710.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $7,949.88 | $1,240.14 – $7,742.78 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,535.68 | $1,010.92 – $13,240.19 |