Arthrd cmbn 1ntrspc lumbar at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center

1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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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.

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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.

$1,514.89 with HCLA vs $29,208.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $1,514.89
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $1,514.89
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $1,514.89
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,857.26
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,857.26
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $1,863.25
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $1,863.25
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,893.55
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $1,969.36
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $1,969.36
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2,120.85
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $2,272.34
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $2,272.34
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,420.00
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $6,407.98
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $7,574.45
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7,643.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $8,422.00
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $10,888.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $11,422.00
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $23,366.40
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $23,366.40
Humana Commercial|All Plans $23,366.40
United Medicare|All Plans $23,366.40
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $23,366.40
DHR Medicare|All Plans $23,366.40
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $23,366.40
MHN Commercial|All Plans $23,366.40
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $26,871.36
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $27,481.53
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $29,208.00
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $29,208.00
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $29,208.00
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $29,208.00
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $29,208.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $29,208.00
United Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Navigate not published by hospital
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Health Net Medicaid|DHR not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
SCAN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan not published by hospital
HPN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital

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Arthrd cmbn 1ntrspc lumbar at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $2,291.87 – $46,732.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $4,745.00 – $36,566.09
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $1,514.84 – $23,366.40
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $1,514.89 – $1,514.89
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $1,514.84 – $23,366.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $1,514.89 – $23,366.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $1,514.89 – $23,366.40
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $12,563.00 – $62,607.00

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