N-invas est c ffr sw aly cta 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

$786.64

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.

$2,413.00

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.

$603.25 with Health Net vs $12,161.00 with United — 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|DHR $603.25 ↓ -23%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,109.98 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,351.28 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $1,447.80 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $1,496.06 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,568.45 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,809.75 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,858.01 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,930.40 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|HMO $7,391.00 ↑ +840%
United Commercial|PPO $9,797.00 ↑ +1145%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12,161.00 ↑ +1446%

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N-invas est c ffr sw aly cta at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,714.02 $612.15 – $2,390.30
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,517.76 $1,194.91 – $5,711.35
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,726.08 $938.81 – $2,043.29
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,916.55 $2,768.35 – $3,747.92
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $1,586.68 $1,874.37 – $19,277.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $988.14 $574.50 – $2,298.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $1,719.36 $938.81 – $2,043.29
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $855.90 $1,203.95 – $8,268.00

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