Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (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

$2,011.42

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.

$6,170.00

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.

$134.13 with Health Net vs $4,936.00 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 $134.13 ↓ -93%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -93%
United Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -93%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $135.12 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $135.12 ↓ -93%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -93%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -93%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -93%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $155.39 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $168.90 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $168.90 ↓ -92%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $168.90 ↓ -92%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $168.90 ↓ -92%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $168.90 ↓ -92%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $168.90 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $179.29 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $179.29 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $179.29 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $219.81 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $219.81 ↓ -89%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $220.53 ↓ -89%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $220.53 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $233.08 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $233.08 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Navigate $245.18 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|PPO $245.18 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $251.01 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $268.94 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $268.94 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $417.25 ↓ -79%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $758.40 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $768.00 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $848.79 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $848.79 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $848.79 ↓ -58%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $896.45 ↓ -55%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $924.00 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,014.00 ↓ -50%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,046.00 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $1,542.50 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,582.00 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,582.00 ↓ -21%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $2,838.20 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,455.20 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $3,702.00 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $3,825.40 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,010.50 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $4,627.50 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,936.00 ↑ +145%

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Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (without contrast) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,430.47 $135.12 – $4,328.22
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,141.41 $21.27 – $1,945.82
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,246.88 $140.89 – $1,369.25
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,317.43 $135.12 – $5,773.18
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $4,506.16 $179.29 – $1,459.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,643.26 $125.55 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,795.27 $135.12 – $3,871.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,775.92 $135.12 – $3,822.81

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