Below knee total contact 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

$702.53

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.

$2,155.00

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.

$40.00 with SCAN vs $1,765.40 with Care 1st — 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
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $40.00 ↓ -94%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $254.00 ↓ -64%
Alhambra Medicaid|> 21 $254.00 ↓ -64%
Alhambra Medicaid|< 21 $254.00 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $266.70 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $292.10 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $317.50 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $317.50 ↓ -55%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $353.08 ↓ -50%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $353.08 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $381.00 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $381.00 ↓ -46%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $393.70 ↓ -44%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $393.70 ↓ -44%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $406.40 ↓ -42%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $432.88 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $432.88 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $459.01 ↓ -35%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $459.01 ↓ -35%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $520.70 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $529.62 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $529.62 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|Options PPO $647.70 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|PPO $660.40 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|Navigate $660.40 ↓ -6%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $673.10 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|HMO $698.50 ↓ -1%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $711.20 ↑ +1%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $711.20 ↑ +1%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $762.00 ↑ +8%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $825.50 ↑ +18%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $952.50 ↑ +36%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $952.50 ↑ +36%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,016.00 ↑ +45%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,092.20 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,206.50 ↑ +72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,206.50 ↑ +72%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,257.30 ↑ +79%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,257.30 ↑ +79%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,257.30 ↑ +79%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,493.53 ↑ +113%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,765.40 ↑ +151%

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Below knee total contact at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,262.70 $389.52 – $1,590.54
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $854.10 $353.08 – $1,460.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $926.65 $254.00 – $1,765.40
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $842.61 $266.70 – $1,765.40
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $676.34 $293.48 – $1,334.00
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $717.62 $254.00 – $1,765.40
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $779.06 $280.14 – $1,334.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $469.72 – $868.98

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