Insert swan-ganz cath 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

$1,093.41

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.

$3,354.00

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.

$227.67 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,572.00 with Health Net — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $227.67 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $231.00 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $231.00 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $231.00 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $283.21 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $283.21 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $300.30 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $300.30 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $323.40 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $346.50 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $346.50 ↓ -68%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $414.18 ↓ -62%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $414.18 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $838.50 ↓ -23%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $977.13 ↓ -11%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,155.00 ↑ +6%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,542.84 ↑ +41%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,811.16 ↑ +66%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,867.25 ↑ +71%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,878.24 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,941.00 ↑ +78%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +81%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +81%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +81%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +81%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +81%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +81%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $1,973.80 ↑ +81%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $2,012.40 ↑ +84%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,012.40 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $2,079.48 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,180.10 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $2,269.87 ↑ +108%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $2,467.25 ↑ +126%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,467.25 ↑ +126%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $2,467.25 ↑ +126%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $2,467.25 ↑ +126%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $2,467.25 ↑ +126%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $2,467.25 ↑ +126%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,515.50 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|PPO $2,549.04 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|Navigate $2,582.58 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,683.20 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,732.00 ↑ +150%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,018.60 ↑ +176%
United Commercial|HMO $3,152.76 ↑ +188%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,109.00 ↑ +276%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,311.00 ↑ +386%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,572.00 ↑ +410%

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