MRI w/cont, breast, 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

$987.46

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.

$3,029.00

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.

$453.77 with Care 1st vs $3,029.00 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
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $453.77 ↓ -54%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -54%
United Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -54%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -54%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -54%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $453.77 ↓ -54%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -54%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $462.38 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $521.84 ↓ -47%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $567.21 ↓ -43%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $567.21 ↓ -43%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $567.21 ↓ -43%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $567.21 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $567.21 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $567.21 ↓ -43%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $757.25 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|HMO $828.27 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|PPO $828.27 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|Navigate $828.27 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|Options PPO $828.27 ↓ -16%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,184.00 ↑ +20%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,342.00 ↑ +36%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,393.34 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,696.24 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $1,817.40 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $1,877.98 ↑ +90%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,922.00 ↑ +95%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,922.00 ↑ +95%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,968.85 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,271.75 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,423.20 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $2,483.78 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,029.00 ↑ +207%

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MRI w/cont, breast, bi at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,141.82 $453.77 – $3,814.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $10,247.08 $1,011.00 – $3,829.84
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,202.17 $430.69 – $3,352.98
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $2,198.80 $453.77 – $7,881.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $2,239.25 $453.77 – $3,647.43
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $858.28 $453.77 – $1,996.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $819.93 $453.77 – $2,097.00
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $678.99 $453.77 – $1,671.98

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