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

$533.01

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.

$1,635.00

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.

$392.54 with HCLA vs $1,991.18 with Cigna — 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $392.54 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $392.54 ↓ -26%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $392.54 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $408.75 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $481.25 ↓ -10%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $481.25 ↓ -10%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $482.82 ↓ -9%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $482.82 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $490.68 ↓ -8%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $510.31 ↓ -4%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $510.31 ↓ -4%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $549.56 ↑ +3%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $588.81 ↑ +10%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $588.81 ↑ +10%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $633.15 ↑ +19%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +28%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $683.93 ↑ +28%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +28%
United Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +28%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +28%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +28%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $683.93 ↑ +28%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $683.93 ↑ +28%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $752.10 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $786.52 ↑ +48%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $854.91 ↑ +60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $854.91 ↑ +60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $854.91 ↑ +60%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $854.91 ↑ +60%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $854.91 ↑ +60%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $854.91 ↑ +60%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $915.60 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $981.00 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $1,013.70 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,062.75 ↑ +99%
United Commercial|PPO $1,101.15 ↑ +107%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,101.15 ↑ +107%
United Commercial|HMO $1,101.15 ↑ +107%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,101.15 ↑ +107%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,128.15 ↑ +112%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,226.25 ↑ +130%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,258.95 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,308.00 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,340.70 ↑ +152%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,635.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,635.00 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,635.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,635.00 ↑ +207%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,660.44 ↑ +212%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,962.70 ↑ +268%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,991.18 ↑ +274%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,991.18 ↑ +274%

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Gastric emptying imag study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $646.20 $392.54 – $7,994.90
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $927.15 $698.35 – $1,928.68
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $1,621.36 $353.29 – $2,640.97
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $649.73 $353.29 – $1,962.70
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $1,422.05 $698.35 – $1,995.87
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $638.51 $392.54 – $2,561.08
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $533.47 $392.54 – $2,561.08
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills $738.50 $698.35 – $1,928.68

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