MRI compatible system at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$2,616.15
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.
$8,025.00
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.
$40.00 with SCAN vs $4,697.55 with Aetna — 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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| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $40.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $733.62 | ↓ -72% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $733.62 | ↓ -72% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $733.62 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $899.42 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $899.42 | ↓ -66% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $902.35 | ↓ -66% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $902.35 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $917.03 | ↓ -65% |
| Alhambra | Medicaid|< 21 | $949.00 | ↓ -64% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $949.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Alhambra | Medicaid|> 21 | $949.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $953.71 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $953.71 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,027.07 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,100.43 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,100.43 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $1,186.25 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,423.50 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,423.50 | ↓ -46% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,518.40 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $1,945.45 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,419.95 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $2,467.40 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,467.40 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $2,514.85 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,609.75 | ↓ -0% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,657.20 | ↑ +2% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,657.20 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $2,847.00 | ↑ +9% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,084.25 | ↑ +18% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,103.21 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,558.75 | ↑ +36% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $3,558.75 | ↑ +36% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,668.10 | ↑ +40% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,796.00 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,080.70 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $4,507.75 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,507.75 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,697.55 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,697.55 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,697.55 | ↑ +80% |
Visitor-reported prices
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MRI compatible system at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,654.77 | $906.72 – $2,946.84 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,990.75 | not published |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,672.00 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,349.31 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $2,422.50 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $2,856.00 | not published |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,990.75 | not published |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,318.00 | not published |