Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$8.81
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.
$27.00
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.
$6.75 with Health Net vs $27.00 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|DHR | $6.75 | ↓ -23% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $12.42 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $15.12 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $16.20 | ↑ +84% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $16.74 | ↑ +90% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $17.55 | ↑ +99% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $20.25 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $20.52 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $21.60 | ↑ +145% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $22.14 | ↑ +151% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $24.30 | ↑ +176% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $25.38 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $27.00 | ↑ +206% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $27.00 | ↑ +206% |
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Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $58.70 | $11.39 – $104.52 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $64.20 | $75.00 – $147.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $58.80 | $40.50 – $147.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $20.04 | $26.50 – $42.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $19.82 | $26.50 – $52.47 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $54.57 | $135.15 – $135.15 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $13.82 | $9.87 – $39.48 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $43.68 | $179.99 – $179.99 |