Chest apical lordotic proj 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

$363.17

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.

$1,114.00

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.

$35.26 with HCLA vs $891.20 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $35.26 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $35.26 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $35.26 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $43.23 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $43.23 ↓ -88%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $43.38 ↓ -88%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $43.38 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $45.84 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $45.84 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $49.11 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $49.36 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $52.89 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $52.89 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $105.80 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $105.80 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $105.80 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $109.03 ↓ -70%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $111.88 ↓ -69%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $128.66 ↓ -65%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $139.85 ↓ -61%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $139.85 ↓ -61%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $139.85 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $139.85 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $139.85 ↓ -61%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $139.85 ↓ -61%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $149.15 ↓ -59%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $176.30 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Navigate $182.03 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|HMO $182.03 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|PPO $182.03 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|Options PPO $182.03 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $278.50 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $282.90 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $329.14 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $329.14 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $373.27 ↑ +3%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $512.44 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $623.84 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $668.40 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $690.68 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $724.10 ↑ +99%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $768.66 ↑ +112%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $835.50 ↑ +130%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $857.78 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $891.20 ↑ +145%

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Chest apical lordotic proj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $363.98 $53.35 – $648.18
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $329.90 $17.61 – $511.19
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,104.15 $117.28 – $230.76
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $716.05 $35.26 – $1,493.52
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $580.76 $35.26 – $210.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $521.36 $35.26 – $1,303.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $344.29 $35.26 – $742.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $340.58 $35.26 – $733.12

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