Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$4,572.15
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.
$14,025.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$226.19 with Humana vs $11,220.00 with MultiPlan — 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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| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -95% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -95% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -95% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $226.19 | ↓ -95% |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -95% |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $226.33 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $260.12 | ↓ -94% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $275.51 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $275.51 | ↓ -94% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $275.51 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $282.74 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $282.74 | ↓ -94% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $282.74 | ↓ -94% |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $282.74 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $282.74 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $282.74 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $337.78 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $337.78 | ↓ -93% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $338.88 | ↓ -93% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $338.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $358.17 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $358.17 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $385.71 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $401.74 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $401.74 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $401.74 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $401.74 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $413.26 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $413.26 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $454.58 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $768.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $924.00 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,014.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,046.00 | ↓ -77% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,165.41 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,375.40 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,375.40 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,375.40 | ↓ -70% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,377.55 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,582.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,582.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $3,506.25 | ↓ -23% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $6,451.50 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,854.00 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $8,415.00 | ↑ +84% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $8,695.50 | ↑ +90% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,116.25 | ↑ +99% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $10,518.75 | ↑ +130% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11,220.00 | ↑ +145% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,561.04 | $226.19 – $2,779.92 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,095.63 | $35.60 – $3,572.51 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $261.63 | $236.37 – $2,039.84 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,794.22 | $226.19 – $7,264.74 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,909.42 | $275.51 – $1,910.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,025.85 | $226.19 – $1,768.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,985.66 | $226.19 – $8,594.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,942.69 | $226.19 – $8,486.97 |