Chrom analysis at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$39.12
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.
$120.00
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.
$25.42 with Health Net vs $204.85 with Care 1st — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $25.42 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $34.81 | ↓ -11% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $34.81 | ↓ -11% |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $34.81 | ↓ -11% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $34.81 | ↓ -11% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $34.81 | ↓ -11% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $34.81 | ↓ -11% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $34.81 | ↓ -11% |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $34.81 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $34.81 | ↓ -11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $40.03 | ↑ +2% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $40.97 | ↑ +5% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $40.97 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $40.97 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $41.77 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $41.77 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $41.77 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $41.77 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $43.51 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $43.51 | ↑ +11% |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $43.51 | ↑ +11% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $43.51 | ↑ +11% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $43.51 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $43.51 | ↑ +11% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $46.77 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $50.23 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $50.23 | ↑ +28% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $50.39 | ↑ +29% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $50.39 | ↑ +29% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $53.27 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $53.27 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $55.50 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $56.93 | ↑ +46% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $57.36 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $61.00 | ↑ +56% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.45 | ↑ +57% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.45 | ↑ +57% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $63.03 | ↑ +61% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $66.08 | ↑ +69% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $76.25 | ↑ +95% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $77.64 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $77.64 | ↑ +98% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $81.33 | ↑ +108% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $83.37 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $101.66 | ↑ +160% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $101.66 | ↑ +160% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $101.66 | ↑ +160% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $101.66 | ↑ +160% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $120.81 | ↑ +209% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $204.85 | ↑ +424% |
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Chrom analysis at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $51.43 | $31.71 – $92.38 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $265.62 | $6.96 – $276.45 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $50.27 | $34.81 – $115.09 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $78.21 | $34.81 – $115.09 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $46.04 | $31.71 – $115.09 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $43.57 | $34.81 – $100.05 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $43.10 | $34.81 – $100.05 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $67.06 | $11.75 – $93.95 |