CT colonography dx w/dye 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

$256.89

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.

$788.00

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.

$197.00 with Health Net vs $2,343.55 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 $197.00 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -12%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -12%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -12%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -12%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -12%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -12%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $226.19 ↓ -12%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $226.19 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $226.33 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $260.12 ↑ +1%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $282.74 ↑ +10%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $282.74 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $282.74 ↑ +10%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $282.74 ↑ +10%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $282.74 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $282.74 ↑ +10%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $362.48 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|HMO $401.74 ↑ +56%
United Commercial|Navigate $401.74 ↑ +56%
United Commercial|PPO $401.74 ↑ +56%
United Commercial|Options PPO $401.74 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $441.28 ↑ +72%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $468.71 ↑ +82%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $468.71 ↑ +82%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $468.71 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $472.80 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $488.56 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $512.20 ↑ +99%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $574.64 ↑ +124%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $574.64 ↑ +124%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $576.51 ↑ +124%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $576.51 ↑ +124%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $585.89 ↑ +128%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $591.00 ↑ +130%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $609.33 ↑ +137%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $609.33 ↑ +137%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $630.40 ↑ +145%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $656.19 ↑ +155%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $703.07 ↑ +174%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $703.07 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $768.00 ↑ +199%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $788.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $788.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $788.00 ↑ +207%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $788.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $788.00 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,014.00 ↑ +295%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,582.00 ↑ +516%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,582.00 ↑ +516%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,982.64 ↑ +672%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,343.55 ↑ +812%

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CT colonography dx w/dye at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,923.70 $226.19 – $3,425.76
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $448.55 $226.19 – $1,756.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $430.81 $226.19 – $1,768.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,366.52 $214.68 – $3,811.36
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $1,318.80 $225.59 – $1,305.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $308.31 $179.25 – $2,343.55
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $1,071.70 $225.59 – $2,523.96
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $274.88 $226.19 – $2,343.55

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