Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$2,677.44
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.
$8,213.00
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.
$233.92 with Health Net vs $6,570.40 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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| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $233.92 | ↓ -91% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $233.92 | ↓ -91% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $233.92 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $286.79 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $286.79 | ↓ -89% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $287.72 | ↓ -89% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $287.72 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $304.10 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $304.10 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $327.49 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $350.88 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $350.88 | ↓ -87% |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -83% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -83% |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -83% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $453.77 | ↓ -83% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $454.58 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $462.38 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $521.84 | ↓ -81% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $567.21 | ↓ -79% |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $567.21 | ↓ -79% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $567.21 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $567.21 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $567.21 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $567.21 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $768.00 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $828.27 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $828.27 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $828.27 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $828.27 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $924.00 | ↓ -65% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $989.48 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,014.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,046.00 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,095.74 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,095.74 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,095.74 | ↓ -59% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,169.60 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,582.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,582.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $2,053.25 | ↓ -23% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $3,777.98 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,599.28 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $4,927.80 | ↑ +84% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $5,092.06 | ↑ +90% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,338.45 | ↑ +99% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $6,159.75 | ↑ +130% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,570.40 | ↑ +145% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,543.52 | $353.90 – $2,748.72 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,746.26 | $71.43 – $2,976.93 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $6,076.14 | $470.15 – $1,637.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,402.18 | $233.92 – $5,917.24 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,641.02 | $233.92 – $1,778.70 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,726.36 | $233.92 – $1,768.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,536.75 | $233.92 – $7,626.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,498.62 | $233.92 – $7,531.07 |