CT scan for therapy guide 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

$849.89

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.

$2,607.00

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.

$105.16 with Health Net vs $2,607.00 with United — 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 $105.16 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $105.16 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $105.16 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $128.93 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $128.93 ↓ -85%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $129.35 ↓ -85%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $129.35 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $131.45 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $136.71 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $136.71 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $147.22 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $157.74 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $157.74 ↓ -81%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $444.83 ↓ -48%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $525.80 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $651.75 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $653.90 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $653.90 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $653.90 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $717.95 ↓ -16%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $924.00 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $947.27 ↑ +11%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,046.00 ↑ +23%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,199.22 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,459.92 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $1,564.20 ↑ +84%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,582.00 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,582.00 ↑ +86%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $1,616.34 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,694.55 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,955.25 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|PPO $1,981.32 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,085.60 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,346.30 ↑ +176%
United Commercial|HMO $2,450.58 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|Navigate $2,607.00 ↑ +207%

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CT scan for therapy guide at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $742.85 $159.10 – $1,566.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $899.23 $105.16 – $1,770.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $716.58 $79.38 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $305.34 $105.16 – $1,130.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $302.05 $105.16 – $1,130.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $563.04 $907.62 – $907.62
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $316.94 $105.16 – $3,330.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $704.82 $680.92 – $1,047.13

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