Magnesium 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

$89.00

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.

$273.00

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.

$1.78 with Blue Shield CA vs $42.75 with Care 1st — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1.78 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $2.22 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2.40 ↓ -97%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $4.08 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4.97 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $5.32 ↓ -94%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $5.50 ↓ -94%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5.76 ↓ -94%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $6.65 ↓ -93%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -92%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -92%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -92%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $6.70 ↓ -92%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $6.70 ↓ -92%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7.09 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $7.27 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $7.71 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Navigate $8.04 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|HMO $8.04 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|PPO $8.04 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8.04 ↓ -91%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $8.38 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $8.38 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $8.38 ↓ -91%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $8.38 ↓ -91%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $8.38 ↓ -91%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $8.38 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $8.55 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $8.55 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $8.55 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8.86 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8.86 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8.86 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $8.86 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $8.86 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $8.86 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.86 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8.86 ↓ -90%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $10.52 ↓ -88%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $10.52 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $11.12 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $11.12 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $12.82 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $12.82 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $14.96 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.96 ↓ -83%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $25.21 ↓ -72%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $42.75 ↓ -52%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $140.16 $2.46 – $17.80
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $32.55 $1.34 – $11.64
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $154.02 $6.57 – $54.35
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $151.52 $2.50 – $17.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $133.87 $6.70 – $16.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $138.77 $1.35 – $20.32
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $101.29 $4.50 – $19.28
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