MRI without fol w/cont, breast 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

$1,880.37

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.

$5,768.00

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 $5,768.00 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 ↓ -76%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -76%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -76%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -76%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $453.77 ↓ -76%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -76%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $462.38 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $521.84 ↓ -72%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $567.21 ↓ -70%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $567.21 ↓ -70%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $567.21 ↓ -70%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $567.21 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $567.21 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $567.21 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|PPO $828.27 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|Navigate $828.27 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|HMO $828.27 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|Options PPO $828.27 ↓ -56%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,184.00 ↓ -37%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,342.00 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $1,442.00 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,922.00 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,922.00 ↑ +2%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $2,653.28 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,230.08 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $3,460.80 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $3,576.16 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,749.20 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $4,326.00 ↑ +130%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,426.48 ↑ +135%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,614.40 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,768.00 ↑ +207%

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MRI without fol w/cont, breast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,141.82 $453.77 – $3,814.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,318.29 $453.77 – $6,890.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $10,247.08 $1,263.75 – $4,787.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,625.23 $453.77 – $2,505.86
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,908.36 $430.69 – $5,322.62
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $3,150.90 $972.00 – $3,969.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $2,754.01 $453.77 – $9,871.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $3,700.01 $469.30 – $2,123.66

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