Ionm in operatng room 15 min 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

$345.56

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.

$1,060.00

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.

$27.05 with HCLA 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $27.05 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $27.05 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $27.05 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $33.16 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $33.16 ↓ -90%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $33.27 ↓ -90%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $33.27 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $35.17 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $35.17 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $37.87 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $40.58 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $40.58 ↓ -88%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $114.42 ↓ -67%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $135.25 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $237.86 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $256.29 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $265.00 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $313.84 ↓ -9%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $487.60 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $593.60 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $636.00 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $657.20 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $689.00 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $795.00 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|Navigate $805.60 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $848.00 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|HMO $6,732.00 ↑ +1848%
United Commercial|PPO $9,283.00 ↑ +2586%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,526.00 ↑ +3235%

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Ionm in operatng room 15 min at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $93.30 $40.92 – $166.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $107.22 $27.05 – $231.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $106.07 $27.05 – $289.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $111.72 $27.05 – $311.60
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $852.69 $60.05 – $1,074.08
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $228.66 $27.05 – $444.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $131.97 $27.05 – $3,827.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $25.20 $161.51 – $161.51

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