ER Visit (level 4) at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$1,004.41
Cash price 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.
$3,081.00
Gross charge 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.
$98.04 with Health Net vs $10,543.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $98.04 | ↓ -90% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $98.04 | ↓ -90% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $98.04 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $120.20 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $120.20 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $122.55 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $127.46 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $127.46 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $137.26 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $147.06 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $147.06 | ↓ -85% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.79 | ↓ -82% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.79 | ↓ -82% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $414.71 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $478.92 | ↓ -52% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $490.20 | ↓ -51% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $541.05 | ↓ -46% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $541.05 | ↓ -46% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $541.05 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $541.05 | ↓ -46% |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $541.05 | ↓ -46% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $541.05 | ↓ -46% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $541.05 | ↓ -46% |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $541.05 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $622.21 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $676.31 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $676.31 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $676.31 | ↓ -33% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $676.31 | ↓ -33% |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $676.31 | ↓ -33% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $676.31 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $770.25 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,386.45 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,386.45 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,386.45 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,571.31 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,663.74 | ↑ +66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,725.36 | ↑ +72% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,800.00 | ↑ +79% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,848.60 | ↑ +84% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,848.60 | ↑ +84% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $1,848.60 | ↑ +84% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,910.22 | ↑ +90% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,910.22 | ↑ +90% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,002.65 | ↑ +99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,125.89 | ↑ +112% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $2,310.75 | ↑ +130% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,464.80 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $3,032.00 | ↑ +202% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,298.00 | ↑ +228% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $3,504.00 | ↑ +249% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,100.00 | ↑ +308% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $6,261.00 | ↑ +523% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $7,987.00 | ↑ +695% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8,108.00 | ↑ +707% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,485.00 | ↑ +745% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,543.00 | ↑ +950% |
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ER Visit (level 4) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,112.96 | $148.33 – $1,735.94 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,826.36 | $85.16 – $1,742.12 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,274.71 | $562.31 – $573.78 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,131.21 | $98.04 – $2,255.96 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,310.03 | $92.10 – $348.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $992.55 | $98.04 – $2,299.08 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,184.98 | $98.04 – $2,619.08 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,172.20 | $98.04 – $2,619.08 |