MRI orbit/face/neck without contrast 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

$1,604.90

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.

$4,923.00

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.

$293.07 with Health Net vs $3,938.40 with MultiPlan — 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 Medicare|All Plans $293.07 ↓ -82%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -81%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -81%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -81%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $307.13 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $307.13 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -81%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -81%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $307.13 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $319.83 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $319.83 ↓ -80%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $319.83 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $353.20 ↓ -78%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $383.91 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $383.91 ↓ -76%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $383.91 ↓ -76%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $383.91 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $383.91 ↓ -76%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $383.91 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $392.11 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $392.11 ↓ -76%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $393.39 ↓ -75%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $393.39 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $415.78 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $415.78 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $447.76 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $479.75 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $479.75 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Options PPO $517.79 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|Navigate $517.79 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|PPO $517.79 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|HMO $517.79 ↓ -68%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $725.00 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $914.04 ↓ -43%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,184.00 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $1,230.75 ↓ -23%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,342.00 ↓ -16%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,352.88 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,414.37 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,414.37 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,414.37 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,497.00 ↓ -7%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,599.15 ↓ -0%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,922.00 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,922.00 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,976.00 ↑ +23%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $2,264.58 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,756.88 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $2,953.80 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $3,052.26 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,199.95 ↑ +99%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,938.40 ↑ +145%

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MRI orbit/face/neck without contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,903.99 $307.13 – $3,390.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,237.84 $48.34 – $3,749.05
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,864.49 $321.54 – $2,585.29
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,892.19 $307.13 – $3,292.80
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $6,612.72 $319.83 – $2,445.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,386.12 $238.68 – $2,111.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $908.21 $307.13 – $1,958.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $898.42 $307.13 – $1,933.92

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