Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
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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.
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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.
$118.17 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6,281.00 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $118.17 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $119.20 | — |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $119.20 | — |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $119.20 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $146.14 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $146.14 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $154.96 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $154.96 | — |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $166.88 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $178.80 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $178.80 | — |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $213.73 | — |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $213.73 | — |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $504.22 | — |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $596.00 | — |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,881.94 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,941.00 | — |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | — |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,058.68 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,058.68 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | — |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | — |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | — |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $2,058.68 | — |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,058.68 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $2,367.48 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $2,573.35 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $2,573.35 | — |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,573.35 | — |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $2,573.35 | — |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $2,573.35 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $2,573.35 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,732.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,631.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,987.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,281.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | not published by hospital | — |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | not published by hospital | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | not published by hospital | — |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $833.52 | $93.01 – $3,763.88 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,014.25 | $108.73 – $1,884.71 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,014.10 | $1,921.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,163.12 | $75.62 – $2,822.40 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,374.63 | $75.62 – $884.94 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,901.60 | $75.62 – $2,723.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,719.22 | $75.62 – $3,707.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,700.68 | $75.62 – $3,660.86 |