Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 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

$287.21

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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.

$881.00

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.

$145.72 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 $145.72 ↓ -49%
United Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -43%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -43%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -43%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -43%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $163.78 ↓ -43%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 ↓ -43%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -43%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $176.42 ↓ -39%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $179.01 ↓ -38%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $179.01 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $179.01 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $188.35 ↓ -34%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $204.72 ↓ -29%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $204.72 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $204.72 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $204.72 ↓ -29%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $204.72 ↓ -29%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $204.72 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $219.47 ↓ -24%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $219.47 ↓ -24%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $220.25 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $232.72 ↓ -19%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $232.72 ↓ -19%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $250.61 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $263.53 ↓ -8%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $268.51 ↓ -7%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $268.51 ↓ -7%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $320.96 ↑ +12%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $320.96 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $347.71 ↑ +21%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $405.26 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $493.36 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $528.60 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $546.22 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $572.65 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $660.75 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|Navigate $669.56 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $704.80 ↑ +145%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $757.21 ↑ +164%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $895.05 ↑ +212%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,233.00 ↑ +1026%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,182.00 ↑ +1356%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,386.00 ↑ +1427%
United Commercial|HMO $6,732.00 ↑ +2244%
United Commercial|PPO $9,283.00 ↑ +3132%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,526.00 ↑ +3913%

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Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $410.85 $111.51 – $322.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $157.94 $112.92 – $361.62
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $173.83 $67.53 – $255.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $144.65 $99.63 – $361.62
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $114.27 $112.92 – $308.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $470.87 $112.92 – $308.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $209.33 $112.92 – $583.84
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,122.72 $145.45 – $316.58

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