Doppler echo complete 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

$974.74

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.

$2,990.00

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.

$137.29 with BCBS - Anthem vs $11,526.00 with United — 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 $137.29 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $139.31 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $139.31 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $139.31 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $170.79 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $170.79 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $181.11 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $181.11 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $195.03 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $208.97 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $208.97 ↓ -79%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $249.78 ↓ -74%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $249.78 ↓ -74%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $589.28 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $594.34 ↓ -39%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $696.55 ↓ -29%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $740.00 ↓ -24%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $747.50 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $784.19 ↓ -20%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $838.00 ↓ -14%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,375.40 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,674.40 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $1,794.00 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $1,853.80 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,943.50 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,242.50 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|Navigate $2,272.40 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,392.00 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|HMO $6,732.00 ↑ +591%
United Commercial|PPO $9,283.00 ↑ +852%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,526.00 ↑ +1082%

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Doppler echo complete at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $676.28 $108.08 – $1,204.32
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $395.30 $15.58 – $126.34
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $641.58 $258.94 – $489.34
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $600.92 $87.87 – $1,375.92
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $60.61 $23.55 – $89.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $554.68 $87.87 – $1,260.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $764.64 $87.87 – $1,648.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $774.74 $87.87 – $2,061.00

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