Ecg external < 48 hours recording 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

$825.11

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.

$2,531.00

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.

$42.77 with HCLA 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $42.77 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $42.77 ↓ -95%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $42.77 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $52.44 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $52.44 ↓ -94%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $52.61 ↓ -94%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $52.61 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $53.46 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $55.61 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $55.61 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $59.88 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $64.16 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $64.16 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $145.72 ↓ -82%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -80%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 ↓ -80%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -80%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -80%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -80%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $163.78 ↓ -80%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -80%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $180.92 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $188.35 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $204.72 ↓ -75%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $204.72 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $204.72 ↓ -75%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $204.72 ↓ -75%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $204.72 ↓ -75%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $204.72 ↓ -75%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $213.85 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $423.33 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $558.55 ↓ -32%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $632.75 ↓ -23%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,164.26 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,417.36 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $1,518.60 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $1,569.22 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,645.15 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,898.25 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,923.56 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,024.80 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|HMO $6,732.00 ↑ +716%
United Commercial|PPO $9,283.00 ↑ +1025%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,526.00 ↑ +1297%

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Ecg external < 48 hours recording at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $778.77 $39.73 – $1,386.84
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $347.04 $25.78 – $465.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,811.52 $179.30 – $348.54
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $431.43 $42.77 – $987.84
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $45.29 $17.60 – $66.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $434.34 $42.77 – $1,085.84
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $235.22 $42.77 – $507.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $232.68 $42.77 – $500.86

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