CT t-spine w /wo 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

$4,255.93

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.

$13,055.00

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.

$226.19 with Humana vs $10,444.00 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
Humana Commercial|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -95%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -95%
United Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -95%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -95%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $226.19 ↓ -95%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $226.19 ↓ -95%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -95%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $226.33 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $260.12 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $277.04 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $277.04 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $277.04 ↓ -93%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $282.74 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $282.74 ↓ -93%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $282.74 ↓ -93%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $282.74 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $282.74 ↓ -93%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $282.74 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $339.65 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $339.65 ↓ -92%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $340.76 ↓ -92%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $340.76 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $360.16 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $360.16 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $387.86 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|HMO $401.74 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Navigate $401.74 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|PPO $401.74 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Options PPO $401.74 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $415.56 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $415.56 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $454.58 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $768.00 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $924.00 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,014.00 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,046.00 ↓ -75%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,171.88 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,376.88 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,376.88 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,376.88 ↓ -68%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,385.20 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,582.00 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,582.00 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $3,263.75 ↓ -23%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $6,005.30 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7,310.80 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $7,833.00 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $8,094.10 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,485.75 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $9,791.25 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,444.00 ↑ +145%

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CT t-spine w /wo contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,148.39 $226.19 – $3,825.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,795.19 $35.60 – $3,060.35
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $6,113.88 $236.37 – $2,039.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,793.37 $226.19 – $7,238.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,935.40 $277.04 – $1,918.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,032.91 $226.19 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,729.30 $226.19 – $8,041.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,689.09 $226.19 – $7,941.08

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