Echo transesophageal 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

$536.27

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.

$1,645.00

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.

$277.17 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 $277.17 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $277.17 ↓ -48%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $277.17 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $339.81 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $339.81 ↓ -37%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $340.92 ↓ -36%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $340.92 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $346.46 ↓ -35%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $360.33 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $360.33 ↓ -33%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $388.04 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $411.25 ↓ -23%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $415.75 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $415.75 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $631.43 ↑ +18%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↑ +30%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $696.67 ↑ +30%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $696.67 ↑ +30%
United Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↑ +30%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↑ +30%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↑ +30%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $696.67 ↑ +30%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $696.67 ↑ +30%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $756.70 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $801.17 ↑ +49%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $870.84 ↑ +62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $870.84 ↑ +62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $870.84 ↑ +62%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $870.84 ↑ +62%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $870.84 ↑ +62%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $870.84 ↑ +62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $921.20 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $987.00 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $1,019.90 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,020.47 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,069.25 ↑ +99%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,172.43 ↑ +119%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,233.75 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,250.20 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,316.00 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,346.44 ↑ +151%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,385.85 ↑ +158%
United Commercial|HMO $6,732.00 ↑ +1155%
United Commercial|PPO $9,283.00 ↑ +1631%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,526.00 ↑ +2049%

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Echo transesophageal at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,578.98 $277.17 – $3,947.44
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,600.32 $597.36 – $1,300.14
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $857.65 $277.17 – $3,827.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $643.71 $249.45 – $1,497.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $1,321.92 $597.36 – $1,300.14
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $1,763.41 $277.17 – $7,832.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $1,957.92 $597.36 – $1,300.14
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $425.25 $277.17 – $5,761.00

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