Bk/ak locking mechanism at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$1,189.90
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.
$3,650.00
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.
$40.00 with SCAN vs $2,133.45 with Aetna — 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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| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $40.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $425.50 | ↓ -64% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $425.50 | ↓ -64% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $425.50 | ↓ -64% |
| Alhambra | Medicaid|< 21 | $431.00 | ↓ -64% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $431.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Alhambra | Medicaid|> 21 | $431.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $495.65 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $521.66 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $521.66 | ↓ -56% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $523.37 | ↓ -56% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $523.37 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $531.88 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $538.75 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $553.15 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $553.15 | ↓ -54% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $638.25 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $638.25 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $646.50 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $646.50 | ↓ -46% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $689.60 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $883.55 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,099.05 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,120.60 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $1,120.60 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $1,142.15 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,185.25 | ↓ -0% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,206.80 | ↑ +1% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,206.80 | ↑ +1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $1,293.00 | ↑ +9% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,400.75 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,616.25 | ↑ +36% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,616.25 | ↑ +36% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,724.00 | ↑ +45% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,799.87 | ↑ +51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,853.30 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,047.25 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $2,047.25 | ↑ +72% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,127.50 | ↑ +79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,133.45 | ↑ +79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,133.45 | ↑ +79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,133.45 | ↑ +79% |
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Bk/ak locking mechanism at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $2,139.50 | $578.68 – $2,695.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $1,569.50 | $382.95 – $2,155.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $1,427.15 | $425.50 – $2,155.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $1,145.32 | $496.98 – $2,259.00 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $1,215.45 | $425.50 – $2,127.50 |
| St. Elizabeth Community Hospital | Red Bluff | $1,319.26 | $474.39 – $2,213.82 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $811.94 – $1,502.09 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | not published | $811.94 – $1,502.09 |