Breath recording infant at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$546.71
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.
$1,677.00
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.
$78.03 with Health Net vs $1,677.00 with United — 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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| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $78.03 | ↓ -86% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $78.03 | ↓ -86% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $78.03 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $78.54 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $95.66 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $95.66 | ↓ -83% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $95.98 | ↓ -82% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $95.98 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $101.44 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $101.44 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $109.24 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $117.05 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $117.05 | ↓ -79% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $330.07 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $360.72 | ↓ -34% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $390.15 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $419.25 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $475.94 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $606.70 | ↑ +11% |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +23% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +23% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +23% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +23% |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +23% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $674.18 | ↑ +23% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +23% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $771.42 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $775.31 | ↑ +42% |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $842.72 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $842.72 | ↑ +54% |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $842.72 | ↑ +54% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $842.72 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $842.73 | ↑ +54% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $842.73 | ↑ +54% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $939.12 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $1,006.20 | ↑ +84% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,039.74 | ↑ +90% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,090.05 | ↑ +99% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,257.75 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $1,274.52 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,341.60 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,509.30 | ↑ +176% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,576.38 | ↑ +188% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,677.00 | ↑ +207% |
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Breath recording infant at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,032.37 | $108.06 – $1,838.46 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $779.53 | $78.03 – $2,794.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $875.00 | $244.93 – $887.89 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $2,979.90 | $245.42 – $887.89 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $1,469.30 | $194.32 – $887.89 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance | Torrance | $2,296.70 | $192.62 – $887.89 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $560.70 | $249.93 – $887.89 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $296.99 – $513.13 |