Gastric emptying imag study 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

$408.81

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.

$1,254.00

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.

$313.50 with Health Net vs $1,749.00 with Care 1st — 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
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $313.50 ↓ -23%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $349.80 ↓ -14%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $349.80 ↓ -14%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $349.80 ↓ -14%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $428.85 ↑ +5%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $428.85 ↑ +5%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $430.25 ↑ +5%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $430.25 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $437.25 ↑ +7%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $454.74 ↑ +11%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $454.74 ↑ +11%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $487.79 ↑ +19%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $489.72 ↑ +20%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +25%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↑ +25%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +25%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $510.57 ↑ +25%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +25%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +25%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $524.70 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $524.70 ↑ +28%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $576.84 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $587.16 ↑ +44%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $638.21 ↑ +56%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $638.21 ↑ +56%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $638.21 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $638.21 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $638.21 ↑ +56%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $638.21 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $702.24 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $752.40 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $777.48 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $815.10 ↑ +99%
United Commercial|PPO $848.52 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|Options PPO $848.52 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|Navigate $848.52 ↑ +108%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $865.26 ↑ +112%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $940.50 ↑ +130%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $965.58 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,003.20 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,028.28 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,254.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,254.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,254.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,254.00 ↑ +207%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,479.65 ↑ +262%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,533.86 ↑ +275%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,533.86 ↑ +275%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,749.00 ↑ +328%

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Gastric emptying imag study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,184.90 $365.52 – $1,504.14
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $486.90 $349.80 – $6,158.70
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $842.10 $514.17 – $1,439.81
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $1,621.36 $314.82 – $2,640.97
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $489.34 $284.50 – $1,749.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $1,292.90 $514.17 – $1,667.90
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $480.93 $349.80 – $1,972.88
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $2,110.14 $510.57 – $4,078.76

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