Brace cust back lso 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

$1,546.87

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.

$4,745.00

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 $3,226.55 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 ↓ -97%
Alhambra Medicaid|< 21 $150.00 ↓ -90%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $150.00 ↓ -90%
Alhambra Medicaid|> 21 $150.00 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $157.50 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $172.50 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $187.50 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $187.50 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $225.00 ↓ -85%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $225.00 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $225.00 ↓ -85%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $225.00 ↓ -85%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $232.50 ↓ -85%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $232.50 ↓ -85%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $240.00 ↓ -84%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $307.50 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|Options PPO $382.50 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Navigate $390.00 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|PPO $390.00 ↓ -75%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $397.50 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|HMO $412.50 ↓ -73%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $420.00 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $420.00 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $450.00 ↓ -71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $487.50 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $562.50 ↓ -64%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $562.50 ↓ -64%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $600.00 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $645.00 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $712.50 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $712.50 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $742.50 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $742.50 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $742.50 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $750.00 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $750.00 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $838.91 ↓ -46%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $838.91 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $967.96 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $967.96 ↓ -37%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $2,729.66 ↑ +76%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $3,226.55 ↑ +109%

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St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,654.77 $906.72 – $2,946.84
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