Culture afb any source 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

$129.75

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.

$398.00

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.

$5.00 with Blue Shield CA vs $65.40 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.00 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $6.25 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.75 ↓ -95%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -92%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $10.80 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -92%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $10.80 ↓ -92%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -92%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -92%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $11.40 ↓ -91%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $11.50 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $12.42 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|PPO $12.96 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|HMO $12.96 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12.96 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Navigate $12.96 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $13.08 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $13.08 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $13.08 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $13.50 ↓ -90%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $13.50 ↓ -90%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $13.50 ↓ -90%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $13.50 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $13.50 ↓ -90%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $13.50 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14.00 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $15.00 ↓ -88%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $15.50 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $16.04 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $16.04 ↓ -88%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $16.09 ↓ -88%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $16.09 ↓ -88%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $16.25 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $17.01 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $17.01 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $18.31 ↓ -86%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $18.75 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $19.62 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $19.62 ↓ -85%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $20.50 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $24.09 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.09 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $25.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.00 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $25.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $25.00 ↓ -81%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $38.58 ↓ -70%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $65.40 ↓ -50%

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