MRI breast without cont bi 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

$686.23

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.

$2,105.00

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.

$214.07 with Health Net vs $2,105.00 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.

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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
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $214.07 ↓ -69%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $214.07 ↓ -69%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $214.07 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $262.45 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $262.45 ↓ -62%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $263.31 ↓ -62%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $263.31 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $267.59 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $278.30 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $278.30 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $293.07 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $299.70 ↓ -56%
United Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -55%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -55%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -55%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $307.13 ↓ -55%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -55%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -55%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $307.13 ↓ -55%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $321.11 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $321.11 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $353.20 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $383.91 ↓ -44%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $383.91 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $383.91 ↓ -44%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $383.91 ↓ -44%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $383.91 ↓ -44%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $383.91 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|PPO $517.79 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|Options PPO $517.79 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|HMO $517.79 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|Navigate $517.79 ↓ -25%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $526.25 ↓ -23%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $905.52 ↑ +32%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $968.30 ↑ +41%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,070.35 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,178.80 ↑ +72%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,184.00 ↑ +73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $1,263.00 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $1,305.10 ↑ +90%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,342.00 ↑ +96%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,368.25 ↑ +99%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,414.37 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,414.37 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,414.37 ↑ +106%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,578.75 ↑ +130%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,653.63 ↑ +141%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,684.00 ↑ +145%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,922.00 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,922.00 ↑ +180%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,105.00 ↑ +207%

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MRI breast without cont bi at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,141.82 $307.13 – $3,814.20
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,241.96 $48.34 – $1,733.39
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,581.89 $214.07 – $3,294.76
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $10,247.08 $214.07 – $3,829.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,263.81 $214.07 – $2,111.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,849.59 $338.78 – $1,767.69
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,839.28 $306.88 – $1,932.98
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,526.75 $214.07 – $4,258.26

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