Hc nm kidney imaging with flow 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

$577.35

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.

$1,771.00

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.

$171.88 with HCLA vs $1,533.86 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 $171.88 ↓ -70%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $171.88 ↓ -70%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $171.88 ↓ -70%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $210.72 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $210.72 ↓ -64%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $211.41 ↓ -63%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $211.41 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $214.85 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $223.45 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $223.45 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $240.63 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $257.82 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $257.82 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $442.75 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $487.79 ↓ -16%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -12%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↓ -12%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -12%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -12%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -12%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -12%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $510.57 ↓ -12%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $587.16 ↑ +2%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $638.21 ↑ +11%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $638.21 ↑ +11%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $638.21 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $638.21 ↑ +11%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $638.21 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $638.21 ↑ +11%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $727.05 ↑ +26%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $814.66 ↑ +41%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $823.75 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $823.75 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $823.75 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|PPO $848.52 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|Navigate $848.52 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|Options PPO $848.52 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↑ +47%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $859.40 ↑ +49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $930.08 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $991.76 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $1,062.60 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $1,098.02 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,151.15 ↑ +99%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,221.99 ↑ +112%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,227.16 ↑ +113%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,328.25 ↑ +130%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,363.67 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,416.80 ↑ +145%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,533.86 ↑ +166%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,533.86 ↑ +166%

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Hc nm kidney imaging with flow at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $678.90 $260.03 – $1,824.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $516.67 $80.37 – $746.90
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,797.18 $171.88 – $3,569.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,451.97 $171.88 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $724.94 $171.88 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $717.12 $171.88 – $1,976.45
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,429.13 $567.62 – $1,036.85
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,240.83 $514.17 – $1,175.79

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