Chromo high res and frag x - sendout 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

$35.86

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.

$110.00

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.

$20.90 with Health Net vs $228.15 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.

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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|DHR $20.90 ↓ -42%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $38.46 ↑ +7%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $45.63 ↑ +27%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $45.63 ↑ +27%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $45.63 ↑ +27%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $46.82 ↑ +31%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $50.16 ↑ +40%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $51.84 ↑ +45%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $54.34 ↑ +52%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $55.94 ↑ +56%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $55.94 ↑ +56%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $56.12 ↑ +56%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $56.12 ↑ +56%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $57.04 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $57.04 ↑ +59%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $57.04 ↑ +59%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $57.04 ↑ +59%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $57.04 ↑ +59%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $57.04 ↑ +59%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $57.04 ↑ +59%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $57.04 ↑ +59%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $57.04 ↑ +59%
United Medicare|All Plans $57.04 ↑ +59%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $59.32 ↑ +65%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $59.32 ↑ +65%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $62.70 ↑ +75%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $63.88 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $65.60 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $66.88 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $68.44 ↑ +91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $68.44 ↑ +91%
United Commercial|HMO $68.45 ↑ +91%
United Commercial|Options PPO $68.45 ↑ +91%
United Commercial|PPO $68.45 ↑ +91%
United Commercial|Navigate $68.45 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $68.56 ↑ +91%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $71.30 ↑ +99%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $71.30 ↑ +99%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $71.30 ↑ +99%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $71.30 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $71.30 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $71.30 ↑ +99%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $83.60 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $83.60 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $83.60 ↑ +133%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $83.60 ↑ +133%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $127.22 ↑ +255%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $127.22 ↑ +255%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $193.01 ↑ +438%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $228.15 ↑ +536%

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