ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$1,702.38
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.
$5,222.00
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.
$155.03 with Health Net vs $13,707.00 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 | $155.03 | ↓ -91% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $155.03 | ↓ -91% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $155.03 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $190.07 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $190.07 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $193.79 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $201.54 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $201.54 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $217.04 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $232.54 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $232.54 | ↓ -86% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.97 | ↓ -84% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.97 | ↓ -84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $655.78 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $687.88 | ↓ -60% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $775.15 | ↓ -54% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $779.00 | ↓ -54% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -54% |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -54% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -54% |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $895.85 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $973.75 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $973.75 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $973.75 | ↓ -43% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $973.75 | ↓ -43% |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $973.75 | ↓ -43% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $973.75 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $1,305.50 | ↓ -23% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,800.00 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,349.90 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,349.90 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,349.90 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,663.22 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $2,819.88 | ↑ +66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,924.32 | ↑ +72% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $3,032.00 | ↑ +78% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $3,133.20 | ↑ +84% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $3,133.20 | ↑ +84% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $3,133.20 | ↑ +84% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,237.64 | ↑ +90% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,237.64 | ↑ +90% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,298.00 | ↑ +94% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,394.30 | ↑ +99% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $3,504.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,603.18 | ↑ +112% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $3,916.50 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,100.00 | ↑ +141% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,177.60 | ↑ +145% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $7,975.00 | ↑ +368% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $10,327.00 | ↑ +507% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $10,384.00 | ↑ +510% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,807.00 | ↑ +535% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $13,707.00 | ↑ +705% |
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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,060.79 | $226.60 – $3,279.18 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $3,441.94 | $122.62 – $2,525.88 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,458.42 | $802.54 – $818.92 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,593.02 | $155.03 – $3,316.32 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,886.78 | $138.93 – $526.26 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,459.03 | $155.03 – $3,392.76 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,521.69 | $155.03 – $5,573.54 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,494.50 | $155.03 – $5,573.54 |