Esophageal recording at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$991.37
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.
$3,041.00
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.
$147.03 with BCBS - Anthem vs $12,161.00 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $147.03 | ↓ -85% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $149.18 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $149.18 | ↓ -85% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $149.18 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $182.89 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $182.89 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $193.94 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $193.94 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $208.85 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $223.77 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $223.77 | ↓ -77% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $267.48 | ↓ -73% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $267.48 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $631.03 | ↓ -36% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $745.90 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $760.25 | ↓ -23% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,398.86 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,401.91 | ↑ +41% |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $1,542.50 | ↑ +56% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,542.50 | ↑ +56% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,542.50 | ↑ +56% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,542.50 | ↑ +56% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $1,542.50 | ↑ +56% |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $1,542.50 | ↑ +56% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $1,542.50 | ↑ +56% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,542.50 | ↑ +56% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,702.96 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $1,773.88 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $1,824.60 | ↑ +84% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,885.42 | ↑ +90% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $1,928.13 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $1,928.13 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $1,928.13 | ↑ +94% |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,928.13 | ↑ +94% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $1,928.13 | ↑ +94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $1,928.13 | ↑ +94% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,976.65 | ↑ +99% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $2,280.75 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $2,341.57 | ↑ +136% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,432.80 | ↑ +145% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,432.80 | ↑ +145% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,432.80 | ↑ +145% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,109.00 | ↑ +314% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,311.00 | ↑ +436% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,572.00 | ↑ +462% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7,391.00 | ↑ +646% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $9,797.00 | ↑ +888% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $12,161.00 | ↑ +1127% |
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Esophageal recording at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $1,140.79 | $94.10 – $2,653.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $1,017.78 | $94.10 – $8,268.00 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $892.78 | $94.10 – $6,210.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $1,640.77 – $4,657.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $1,728.74 – $7,455.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $1,565.96 – $8,018.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $6,127.00 – $8,222.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $1,694.16 – $4,737.00 |