Emg needle test 1-extremity 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

$206.69

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.

$634.00

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.

$117.62 with BCBS - Anthem 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $117.62 ↓ -43%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $119.34 ↓ -42%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $119.34 ↓ -42%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $119.34 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $135.50 ↓ -34%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $145.72 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $146.31 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $146.31 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $155.15 ↓ -25%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $155.15 ↓ -25%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $158.50 ↓ -23%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 ↓ -21%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -21%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -21%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -21%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $163.78 ↓ -21%
United Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -21%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -21%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $167.08 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $178.79 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $179.01 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $179.01 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $188.35 ↓ -9%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $204.72 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $204.72 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $204.72 ↓ -1%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $204.72 ↓ -1%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $204.72 ↓ -1%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $204.72 ↓ -1%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $213.98 ↑ +4%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $213.98 ↑ +4%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $291.64 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $355.04 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $380.40 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $393.08 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $412.10 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $475.50 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|Navigate $481.84 ↑ +133%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $504.81 ↑ +144%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $507.20 ↑ +145%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $596.70 ↑ +189%
United Commercial|HMO $6,732.00 ↑ +3157%
United Commercial|PPO $9,283.00 ↑ +4391%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,526.00 ↑ +5476%

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Emg needle test 1-extremity at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $294.78 $92.59 – $524.94
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $135.20 $52.52 – $198.94
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $334.34 $75.28 – $719.69
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $191.96 $75.28 – $3,827.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $764.75 $88.31 – $316.58
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $410.22 $75.28 – $954.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $1,276.10 $92.19 – $316.58
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $111.83 $75.28 – $7,832.00

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