CT thoracic spine without contrast at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$1,917.21
Cash price 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.
$5,881.00
Gross charge 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.
$134.13 with Health Net vs $4,704.80 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $134.13 | ↓ -93% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $155.39 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $168.90 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $168.90 | ↓ -91% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $168.90 | ↓ -91% |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $168.90 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $168.90 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $168.90 | ↓ -91% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $178.84 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $178.84 | ↓ -91% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $178.84 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $219.26 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $219.26 | ↓ -89% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $219.97 | ↓ -89% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $219.97 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $232.50 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $232.50 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $245.18 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $250.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $268.26 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $268.26 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $417.25 | ↓ -78% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $756.49 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $768.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $848.79 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $848.79 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $848.79 | ↓ -56% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $894.20 | ↓ -53% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $924.00 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,014.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,046.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $1,470.25 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,582.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,582.00 | ↓ -17% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $2,705.26 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,293.36 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $3,528.60 | ↑ +84% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $3,646.22 | ↑ +90% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,822.65 | ↑ +99% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $4,410.75 | ↑ +130% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,704.80 | ↑ +145% |
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CT thoracic spine without contrast at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,678.42 | $135.12 – $2,988.96 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,196.61 | $21.27 – $2,039.91 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,058.18 | $140.89 – $1,369.25 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,010.56 | $135.12 – $5,239.08 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $4,496.84 | $178.84 – $1,455.30 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,426.48 | $113.94 – $1,768.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,679.89 | $135.12 – $3,622.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,661.78 | $135.12 – $3,577.12 |