MRA spinal canal at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$671.24
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.
$2,059.00
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.
$247.50 with Health Net vs $1,976.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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|DHR | $247.50 | ↓ -63% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $340.97 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $340.97 | ↓ -49% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $340.97 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $418.03 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $418.03 | ↓ -38% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $419.39 | ↓ -38% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $419.39 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $426.21 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $443.27 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $443.27 | ↓ -34% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $455.40 | ↓ -32% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $477.36 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $511.46 | ↓ -24% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $511.46 | ↓ -24% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $554.40 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $594.00 | ↓ -12% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $613.80 | ↓ -9% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $643.50 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $693.25 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $693.25 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $693.25 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $693.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $742.50 | ↑ +11% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $792.00 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $990.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $990.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $990.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $990.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $990.00 | ↑ +47% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,442.30 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $1,497.00 | ↑ +123% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,704.85 | ↑ +154% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,922.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,922.00 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,976.00 | ↑ +194% |
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MRA spinal canal at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $697.74 | $430.11 – $1,901.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,429.00 | $500.06 – $2,210.91 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $2,060.28 | $306.87 – $1,907.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $848.82 | $306.87 – $1,922.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $4,154.50 | $500.06 – $2,215.36 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $6,894.72 | $500.06 – $4,351.79 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $543.89 | $340.97 – $1,704.85 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $4,460.16 | $500.06 – $4,258.66 |