Lung perfusion imaging 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

$548.66

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.

$1,683.00

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.

$161.37 with HCLA vs $1,533.86 with Cigna — 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 $161.37 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $161.37 ↓ -71%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $161.37 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $197.84 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $197.84 ↓ -64%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $198.49 ↓ -64%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $198.49 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $201.71 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $209.79 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $209.79 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $225.92 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $242.06 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $242.06 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $420.75 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $487.79 ↓ -11%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -7%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↓ -7%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -7%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -7%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -7%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -7%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $510.57 ↓ -7%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $587.16 ↑ +7%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $638.21 ↑ +16%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $638.21 ↑ +16%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $638.21 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $638.21 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $638.21 ↑ +16%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $638.21 ↑ +16%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $682.60 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $770.22 ↑ +40%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $770.22 ↑ +40%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $770.22 ↑ +40%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $774.18 ↑ +41%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $806.85 ↑ +47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $813.08 ↑ +48%
United Commercial|PPO $848.52 ↑ +55%
United Commercial|Navigate $848.52 ↑ +55%
United Commercial|Options PPO $848.52 ↑ +55%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↑ +55%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $942.48 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $1,009.80 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $1,043.46 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,072.79 ↑ +96%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,093.95 ↑ +99%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,161.27 ↑ +112%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,262.25 ↑ +130%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,295.91 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,346.40 ↑ +145%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,533.86 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,533.86 ↑ +180%

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Lung perfusion imaging at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,671.85 $244.14 – $2,977.26
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $756.89 $80.37 – $1,094.16
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,520.02 $538.74 – $717.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,449.64 $161.37 – $2,894.92
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,295.37 $161.37 – $2,284.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,173.65 $161.37 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $398.83 $161.37 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $394.53 $161.37 – $1,976.45

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