Intracranial complete 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

$309.70

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.

$950.00

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.

$220.00 with Health Net vs $11,526.00 with United — 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 $220.00 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $293.07 ↓ -5%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $307.13 ↓ -1%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -1%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -1%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $307.13 ↓ -1%
United Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -1%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -1%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -1%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $351.21 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $353.20 ↑ +14%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $356.36 ↑ +15%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $356.36 ↑ +15%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $356.36 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $383.91 ↑ +24%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $383.91 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $383.91 ↑ +24%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $383.91 ↑ +24%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $383.91 ↑ +24%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $383.91 ↑ +24%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $404.80 ↑ +31%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $436.90 ↑ +41%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $436.90 ↑ +41%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $463.27 ↑ +50%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $463.27 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $492.80 ↑ +59%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $498.90 ↑ +61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $528.00 ↑ +70%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $534.54 ↑ +73%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $534.54 ↑ +73%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $545.60 ↑ +76%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $572.00 ↑ +85%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $638.95 ↑ +106%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $638.95 ↑ +106%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $660.00 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Navigate $668.80 ↑ +116%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $704.00 ↑ +127%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $721.60 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $880.00 ↑ +184%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $936.29 ↑ +202%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $936.29 ↑ +202%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,507.40 ↑ +387%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,781.80 ↑ +475%
United Commercial|HMO $6,732.00 ↑ +2074%
United Commercial|PPO $9,283.00 ↑ +2897%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,526.00 ↑ +3622%

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Intracranial complete study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $414.35 $255.42 – $1,113.94
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $824.74 $224.78 – $1,206.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $815.85 $224.78 – $1,206.45
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $372.30 $65.20 – $521.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $494.81 $120.12 – $572.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,113.60 $260.85 – $567.73
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $286.31 $88.32 – $368.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $874.99 $224.78 – $578.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →