CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with contrast) 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

$3,253.16

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.

$9,979.00

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.

$281.80 with HCLA vs $7,983.20 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 $281.80 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $281.80 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $281.80 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $345.49 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $345.49 ↓ -89%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $346.61 ↓ -89%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $346.61 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $352.25 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $366.34 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $366.34 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $394.52 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $422.70 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $422.70 ↓ -87%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -86%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $453.77 ↓ -86%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -86%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -86%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $453.77 ↓ -86%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $462.38 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $521.84 ↓ -84%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $567.21 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $567.21 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $567.21 ↓ -83%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $567.21 ↓ -83%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $567.21 ↓ -83%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $567.21 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $768.00 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|PPO $828.27 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Options PPO $828.27 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Navigate $828.27 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|HMO $828.27 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $924.00 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,014.00 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,046.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,100.17 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,100.17 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,100.17 ↓ -66%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,192.01 ↓ -63%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,409.00 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,582.00 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,582.00 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $2,494.75 ↓ -23%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $4,590.34 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,588.24 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $5,987.40 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $6,186.98 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,486.35 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $7,484.25 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,983.20 ↑ +145%

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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with contrast) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,198.28 $426.33 – $5,695.56
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,979.85 $71.43 – $5,079.89
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $10,290.27 $470.15 – $1,557.32
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,274.01 $281.80 – $7,413.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $7,250.08 $281.80 – $2,347.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,425.30 $281.80 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,233.64 $281.80 – $6,972.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,198.78 $281.80 – $6,885.64

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