Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) 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.

$244.17 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6,281.00 with Health Net — 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 $244.17
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $246.49
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $246.49
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $246.49
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $302.20
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $302.20
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $320.44
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $320.44
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $345.09
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $369.74
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $369.74
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $441.96
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $441.96
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,042.65
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,232.45
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,255.89
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $2,481.19
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $2,481.19
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,481.19
United Medicare|All Plans $2,481.19
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $2,481.19
DHR Medicare|All Plans $2,481.19
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $2,481.19
MHN Commercial|All Plans $2,481.19
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $2,853.37
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,968.00
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $3,101.49
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $3,101.49
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $3,101.49
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $3,101.49
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $3,101.49
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $3,101.49
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,179.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,631.00
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,987.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $6,281.00
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
SCAN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan not published by hospital
HPN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Navigate not published by hospital
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Health Net Medicaid|DHR not published by hospital

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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,073.66 $224.16 – $4,748.10
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,300.70 $152.90 – $579.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,899.24 $224.16 – $4,748.10
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,031.97 $224.16 – $4,381.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,146.59 $224.16 – $4,620.71
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,277.37 $2,511.53 – $10,413.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $761.43 $2,630.99 – $3,982.87
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,035.07 $195.34 – $4,370.52

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