Asp pq spinal cord cyst/syrinx 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.

$574.08 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,572.00 with Health Net — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $574.08
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $579.17
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $579.17
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $579.17
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $710.06
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $710.06
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $752.93
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $752.93
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $810.84
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $868.75
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $868.75
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $1,038.45
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $1,038.45
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,069.49
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $1,131.20
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $1,131.20
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,131.20
United Medicare|All Plans $1,131.20
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $1,131.20
DHR Medicare|All Plans $1,131.20
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $1,131.20
MHN Commercial|All Plans $1,131.20
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $1,300.88
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $1,414.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $1,414.00
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,414.00
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $1,414.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $1,414.00
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $1,414.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,941.00
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $2,449.89
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,732.00
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,895.85
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,109.00
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,311.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,572.00
Health Net Medicaid|DHR not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
SCAN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan not published by hospital
HPN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Navigate not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital

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Asp pq spinal cord cyst/syrinx at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $814.50 $367.41 – $3,828.40
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $652.40 $1,137.58 – $2,581.00
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills $1,430.45 $1,137.58 – $7,309.00
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro $1,694.00 $1,137.58 – $5,100.00
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance $1,694.00 $1,137.58 – $5,106.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $451.91 – $2,138.98
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1,191.92 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $367.41 – $1,131.20

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