Card MRI veloc flow mapping at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$1,028.21
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.
$3,154.00
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.
$45.76 with Health Net vs $3,154.00 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 | $45.76 | ↓ -96% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $45.76 | ↓ -96% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $45.76 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $56.10 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $56.10 | ↓ -95% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $56.28 | ↓ -95% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $56.28 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $57.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $59.49 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $59.49 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $64.06 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $68.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $68.64 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $193.56 | ↓ -81% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $228.80 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $577.58 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $762.08 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $788.50 | ↓ -23% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,184.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,342.00 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,414.37 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,414.37 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,414.37 | ↑ +38% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,450.84 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,766.24 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $1,892.40 | ↑ +84% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,922.00 | ↑ +87% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,922.00 | ↑ +87% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,955.48 | ↑ +90% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,050.10 | ↑ +99% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $2,365.50 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,397.04 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,523.20 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,838.60 | ↑ +176% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,964.76 | ↑ +188% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $3,154.00 | ↑ +207% |
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Card MRI veloc flow mapping at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $282.95 | $69.22 – $646.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,087.04 | $806.39 – $1,837.14 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $633.90 | $41.18 – $1,907.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $465.26 | $41.18 – $1,922.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $1,150.10 | $357.08 – $585.98 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $287.52 | $761.37 – $1,837.14 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $466.86 | $45.76 – $1,194.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $400.80 | $745.07 – $1,801.80 |