Boot j walker l 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

$244.50

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.

$750.00

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.

$17.00 with Alhambra vs $498.30 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
Alhambra Medicaid|> 21 $17.00 ↓ -93%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -93%
Alhambra Medicaid|< 21 $17.00 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $17.85 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $19.55 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $21.25 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $21.25 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.50 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $25.50 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $25.50 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $25.50 ↓ -90%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $26.35 ↓ -89%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $26.35 ↓ -89%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $27.20 ↓ -89%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $34.00 ↓ -86%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $34.85 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Options PPO $43.35 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|PPO $44.20 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Navigate $44.20 ↓ -82%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $45.05 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|HMO $46.75 ↓ -81%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $47.60 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $47.60 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $51.00 ↓ -79%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $55.25 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $63.75 ↓ -74%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $63.75 ↓ -74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $68.00 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $73.10 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $80.75 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $80.75 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $84.15 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $84.15 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $84.15 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $85.00 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $85.00 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $110.50 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $110.50 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $127.50 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $127.50 ↓ -48%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $359.55 ↑ +47%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $498.30 ↑ +104%

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