Brace knee hing pat open med 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

$317.85

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.

$975.00

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.

$23.00 with Alhambra vs $578.70 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 $23.00 ↓ -93%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $23.00 ↓ -93%
Alhambra Medicaid|< 21 $23.00 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $24.15 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $26.45 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $28.75 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $28.75 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $34.50 ↓ -89%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $34.50 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $34.50 ↓ -89%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $34.50 ↓ -89%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $35.65 ↓ -89%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $35.65 ↓ -89%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $36.80 ↓ -88%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $40.00 ↓ -87%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $47.15 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Options PPO $58.65 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|PPO $59.80 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Navigate $59.80 ↓ -81%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $60.95 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|HMO $63.25 ↓ -80%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $64.40 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $64.40 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $69.00 ↓ -78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $74.75 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $86.25 ↓ -73%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $86.25 ↓ -73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $92.00 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $98.90 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $109.25 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $109.25 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $113.85 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $113.85 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $113.85 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $115.00 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $115.00 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $149.50 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $149.50 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $172.50 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $172.50 ↓ -46%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $486.45 ↑ +53%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $578.70 ↑ +82%

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Brace knee hing pat open med at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $261.05 $143.04 – $464.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $246.72 $97.50 – $351.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $244.06 $97.50 – $378.30
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $156.41 $91.26 – $351.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $743.77 $103.68 – $423.36
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $136.99 $46.92 – $195.84
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $419.25 $23.00 – $578.70
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $381.23 $24.15 – $578.70

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