Cardiac MRI w/stress img 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

$1,580.45

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.

$4,848.00

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.

$631.43 with Health Net vs $4,848.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $631.43 ↓ -60%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -56%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $696.67 ↓ -56%
United Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -56%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -56%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -56%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $696.67 ↓ -56%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -56%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $801.17 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $870.84 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $870.84 ↓ -45%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $870.84 ↓ -45%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $870.84 ↓ -45%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $870.84 ↓ -45%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $870.84 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,086.50 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|HMO $1,086.50 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,086.50 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|PPO $1,086.50 ↓ -31%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,184.00 ↓ -25%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $1,212.00 ↓ -23%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,342.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,414.37 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,414.37 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,414.37 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,922.00 ↑ +22%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,922.00 ↑ +22%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $2,230.08 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,714.88 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $2,908.80 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $3,005.76 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,151.20 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $3,636.00 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,878.40 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $3,975.36 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,848.00 ↑ +207%

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Cardiac MRI w/stress img at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $761.45 $392.50 – $1,907.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $568.46 $330.50 – $1,322.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $3,963.40 $585.98 – $2,728.09
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $569.30 $643.87 – $1,456.00
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $556.11 $484.30 – $1,369.40
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $1,198.75 $702.78 – $1,300.14
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $736.35 – $3,632.71
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $770.53 – $4,590.85

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