Kit ipg optimizer smart 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

$42,622.87

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$130,745.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$40.00 with SCAN vs $117,671.40 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $40.00 ↓ -100%
Alhambra Medicaid|> 21 $23,772.00 ↓ -44%
Alhambra Medicaid|< 21 $23,772.00 ↓ -44%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $23,772.00 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $24,960.60 ↓ -41%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $27,337.80 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $29,715.00 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $29,715.00 ↓ -30%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $30,903.60 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $35,658.00 ↓ -16%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $35,658.00 ↓ -16%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $35,658.00 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $35,658.00 ↓ -16%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $36,846.60 ↓ -14%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $36,846.60 ↓ -14%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $38,035.20 ↓ -11%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $48,732.60 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|Options PPO $60,618.60 ↑ +42%
United Commercial|PPO $61,807.20 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|Navigate $61,807.20 ↑ +45%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $62,995.80 ↑ +48%
United Commercial|HMO $65,373.00 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $66,561.60 ↑ +56%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $66,561.60 ↑ +56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $71,316.00 ↑ +67%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $77,259.00 ↑ +81%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $89,145.00 ↑ +109%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $89,145.00 ↑ +109%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $95,088.00 ↑ +123%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $102,219.60 ↑ +140%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $112,917.00 ↑ +165%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $112,917.00 ↑ +165%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $117,671.40 ↑ +176%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $117,671.40 ↑ +176%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $117,671.40 ↑ +176%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Kit ipg optimizer smart at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $49,197.04 $26,957.28 – $87,611.16
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $79,825.20 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $43,704.80 $23,486.22 – $100,071.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $40,028.69 $19,401.66 – $100,071.72
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $46,302.66 $31,201.25 – $112,324.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $45,803.44 $28,365.00 – $110,056.20
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $79,825.20 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $29,702.40 not published

All California hospitals for this procedure →