Cerebrospinal fld flw imag 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

$1,269.12

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.

$3,893.00

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.

$214.24 with Health Net vs $3,114.40 with MultiPlan — 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 Medicaid|Preferred IPA $214.24 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $214.24 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $214.24 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $262.66 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $262.66 ↓ -79%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $263.52 ↓ -79%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $263.52 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $267.80 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $278.52 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $278.52 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $299.94 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $321.36 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $321.36 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $633.15 ↓ -50%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -46%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $683.93 ↓ -46%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -46%
United Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -46%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -46%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -46%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $683.93 ↓ -46%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $786.52 ↓ -38%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $854.91 ↓ -33%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $854.91 ↓ -33%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $854.91 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $854.91 ↓ -33%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $854.91 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $854.91 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $900.67 ↓ -29%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $906.24 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $973.25 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,051.36 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,051.36 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,051.36 ↓ -17%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,071.20 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|PPO $1,101.15 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,101.15 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|HMO $1,101.15 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,101.15 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,188.37 ↓ -6%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,790.78 ↑ +41%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,991.18 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,991.18 ↑ +57%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,180.08 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $2,335.80 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $2,413.66 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,530.45 ↑ +99%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $2,686.17 ↑ +112%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,919.75 ↑ +130%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,997.61 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,114.40 ↑ +145%

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Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $901.85 $324.13 – $2,368.99
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $917.93 $107.65 – $1,326.96
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,536.10 $214.24 – $3,349.64
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,602.40 $214.24 – $3,883.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,226.18 $214.24 – $2,704.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $663.35 $214.24 – $2,565.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $656.20 $214.24 – $2,565.73
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,564.35 $214.24 – $6,365.66

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