External recharg sys intern 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

$3,401.81

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.

$10,435.00

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.

$40.00 with SCAN vs $6,108.30 with Aetna — 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
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $40.00 ↓ -99%
Alhambra Medicaid|> 21 $1,234.00 ↓ -64%
Alhambra Medicaid|< 21 $1,234.00 ↓ -64%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $1,234.00 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $1,295.70 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,419.10 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,542.50 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $1,542.50 ↓ -55%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,604.20 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,851.00 ↓ -46%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $1,851.00 ↓ -46%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $1,851.00 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,851.00 ↓ -46%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $1,912.70 ↓ -44%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $1,912.70 ↓ -44%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,974.40 ↓ -42%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,529.70 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,146.70 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|PPO $3,208.40 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|Navigate $3,208.40 ↓ -6%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,270.10 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|HMO $3,393.50 ↓ -0%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,455.20 ↑ +2%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,455.20 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $3,702.00 ↑ +9%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,010.50 ↑ +18%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $4,627.50 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,627.50 ↑ +36%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,936.00 ↑ +45%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5,306.20 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,861.50 ↑ +72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $5,861.50 ↑ +72%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,108.30 ↑ +80%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,108.30 ↑ +80%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,108.30 ↑ +80%

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External recharg sys intern at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,638.47 $535.68 – $1,740.96
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,555.40 $1,910.61 – $8,140.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,256.35 $1,578.33 – $8,140.86
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $920.08 $620.00 – $2,232.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $910.16 $620.00 – $2,405.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $583.30 $515.84 – $1,984.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $3,617.70 $507.12 – $2,070.74
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $510.88 $228.16 – $952.32

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