Brace m arm board 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.

$40.00 with SCAN vs $965.25 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.

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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 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $167.56 ↓ -47%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $167.56 ↓ -47%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $167.56 ↓ -47%
Alhambra Medicaid|< 21 $195.00 ↓ -39%
Alhambra Medicaid|> 21 $195.00 ↓ -39%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $195.00 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $205.43 ↓ -35%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $205.43 ↓ -35%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $206.10 ↓ -35%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $206.10 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $209.45 ↓ -34%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $217.83 ↓ -31%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $217.83 ↓ -31%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $224.25 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $243.75 ↓ -23%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $251.34 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $251.34 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $292.50 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $292.50 ↓ -8%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $312.00 ↓ -2%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $399.75 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Options PPO $497.25 ↑ +56%
United Commercial|Navigate $507.00 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|PPO $507.00 ↑ +60%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $516.75 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|HMO $536.25 ↑ +69%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $546.00 ↑ +72%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $546.00 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $585.00 ↑ +84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $633.75 ↑ +99%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $708.78 ↑ +123%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $731.25 ↑ +130%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $731.25 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $780.00 ↑ +145%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $837.80 ↑ +164%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $838.50 ↑ +164%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $926.25 ↑ +191%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $926.25 ↑ +191%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $965.25 ↑ +204%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $965.25 ↑ +204%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $965.25 ↑ +204%

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Brace m arm board at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $419.25 $150.80 – $975.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $381.23 $167.56 – $975.00
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $324.68 $167.56 – $837.80
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Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank not published $272.97 – $504.99
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange not published $232.02 – $504.99
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills not published $272.97 – $504.99
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro not published $272.97 – $504.99

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