Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 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

$350.45

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.

$1,075.00

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.

$182.51 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 $182.51 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -43%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -43%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -43%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $198.80 ↓ -43%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -43%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $198.80 ↓ -43%
United Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -43%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $198.80 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $199.83 ↓ -43%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $202.75 ↓ -42%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $202.75 ↓ -42%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $202.75 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $228.62 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $248.50 ↓ -29%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $248.50 ↓ -29%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $248.50 ↓ -29%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $248.50 ↓ -29%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $248.50 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $248.50 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $248.57 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $248.57 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $263.58 ↓ -25%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $263.58 ↓ -25%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $268.75 ↓ -23%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $283.85 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $304.13 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $304.13 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $333.18 ↓ -5%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $363.53 ↑ +4%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $363.53 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $439.61 ↑ +25%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $494.50 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $602.00 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $645.00 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $666.50 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $698.75 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $806.25 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|Navigate $817.00 ↑ +133%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $857.63 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $860.00 ↑ +145%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,013.75 ↑ +189%
United Commercial|HMO $6,732.00 ↑ +1821%
United Commercial|PPO $9,283.00 ↑ +2549%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,526.00 ↑ +3189%

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Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $501.08 $157.30 – $892.32
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $232.44 $90.29 – $342.02
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $583.90 $127.89 – $1,256.89
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $446.13 $127.89 – $3,827.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $716.38 $127.89 – $1,666.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $2,014.25 $161.59 – $306.17
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $199.81 $127.89 – $7,832.00
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $170.17 $127.89 – $5,761.00

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