Knee Arthroscopy (Cartilage Smoothing) at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
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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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$855.78 with BCBS - Anthem vs $7,079.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $855.78 | — |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $863.37 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $863.37 | — |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $863.37 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,058.49 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,058.49 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $1,122.39 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $1,122.39 | — |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,208.72 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,295.06 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,295.06 | — |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,548.02 | — |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,548.02 | — |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,652.06 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,670.00 | — |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $3,735.71 | — |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | — |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $4,122.60 | — |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | — |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | — |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $4,122.60 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4,122.60 | — |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,122.60 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | — |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,316.85 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $4,740.99 | — |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $5,153.25 | — |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,153.25 | — |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $5,153.25 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $5,153.25 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $5,153.25 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $5,153.25 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,167.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,079.00 | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | not published by hospital | — |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | not published by hospital | — |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Knee Arthroscopy (Cartilage Smoothing) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $10,018.40 | not published |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $10,018.40 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $10,018.40 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $10,018.40 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $5,148.00 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $5,148.00 | not published |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $10,018.40 | not published |
| Panorama Medical Center | PANORAMA CITY | $5,148.00 | not published |