Duplex scan unilateral study 93986 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

$508.24

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.

$1,559.00

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.

$134.13 with Health Net 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
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $134.13 ↓ -74%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -73%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $135.12 ↓ -73%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -73%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $135.12 ↓ -73%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -73%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -73%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -73%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $142.98 ↓ -72%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $142.98 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $142.98 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $155.39 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $168.90 ↓ -67%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $168.90 ↓ -67%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $168.90 ↓ -67%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $168.90 ↓ -67%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $168.90 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $168.90 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $175.29 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $175.29 ↓ -66%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $175.87 ↓ -65%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $175.87 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $178.73 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $185.88 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $185.88 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $200.17 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $214.47 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $214.47 ↓ -58%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $215.00 ↓ -58%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $243.00 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $389.75 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $443.01 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $443.01 ↓ -13%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $604.81 ↑ +19%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $714.90 ↑ +41%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $717.14 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $873.04 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $935.40 ↑ +84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $942.91 ↑ +86%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $966.58 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,013.35 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,169.25 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,184.84 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,244.10 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,247.20 ↑ +145%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,233.00 ↑ +536%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,182.00 ↑ +723%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,386.00 ↑ +763%
United Commercial|HMO $6,732.00 ↑ +1225%
United Commercial|PPO $9,283.00 ↑ +1726%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,526.00 ↑ +2168%

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Duplex scan unilateral study 93986 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $122.64 $75.60 – $527.07
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $121.13 $83.43 – $601.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $84.96 $114.50 – $570.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $84.05 $114.50 – $570.84
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $83.79 $29.82 – $142.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $228.74 $70.56 – $294.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $151.41 $135.12 – $294.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $250.65 $142.98 – $1,778.76

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