Descend thora aorta rpr/lt sub art 33880 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

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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.

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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.

$1,868.01 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,422.85 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,868.01
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $1,884.57
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $1,884.57
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $1,884.57
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $2,310.48
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $2,310.48
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $2,449.95
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $2,449.95
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2,638.40
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $2,826.86
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $2,826.86
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $3,379.03
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $3,379.03
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,420.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7,643.00
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $7,971.73
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $9,422.85
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Health Net Medicaid|DHR not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan not published by hospital
HPN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Navigate not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
SCAN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital

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Descend thora aorta rpr/lt sub art 33880 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,687.93 $1,714.87 – $15,313.48
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5,702.04 $1,714.87 – $14,255.08
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,377.15 $10,413.00 – $13,524.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $5,035.20 $4,666.00 – $16,338.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $19,835.10 $1,714.87 – $39,670.20
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $2,941.04 $1,516.00 – $9,422.85
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $2,168.16 $5,463.00 – $17,143.00
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance $1,911.00 $1,821.00 – $10,067.00

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