Bx breast pq tomo guide 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

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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.

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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.

$2,597.00 with Blue Shield CA vs $7,079.00 with Health Net — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,597.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3,657.00
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,314.44
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $4,865.48
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,865.48
DHR Medicare|All Plans $4,865.48
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $4,865.48
MHN Commercial|All Plans $4,865.48
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $4,865.48
United Medicare|All Plans $4,865.48
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $4,865.48
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5,220.00
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $5,595.30
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $6,081.85
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $6,081.85
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $6,081.85
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $6,081.85
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $6,081.85
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,081.85
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,748.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $7,079.00
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Navigate not published by hospital
United Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
Health Net Medicaid|DHR not published by hospital
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan not published by hospital
HPN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
SCAN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital

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Bx breast pq tomo guide at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,714.40 $1,247.67 – $4,621.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,695.91 $1,218.24 – $4,512.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,708.41 $305.13 – $1,453.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $4,576.81 $1,262.58 – $3,826.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $6,331.68 $3,263.75 – $10,313.45
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $5,225.18 $2,097.70 – $15,828.10
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $4,157.26 $4,745.23 – $19,070.00
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $7,418.23 $2,097.70 – $19,070.00

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