Nm imaging bone/joint 3 phase study 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

$1,571.98

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.

$4,822.00

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.

$188.05 with Health Net vs $3,857.60 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 Medicaid|Preferred IPA $188.05 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $188.05 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $188.05 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $230.55 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $230.55 ↓ -85%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $231.30 ↓ -85%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $231.30 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $235.06 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $244.47 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $244.47 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $263.27 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $282.07 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $282.07 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $487.79 ↓ -69%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -68%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↓ -68%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -68%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -68%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -68%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -68%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $510.57 ↓ -68%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $587.16 ↓ -63%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $638.21 ↓ -59%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $638.21 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $638.21 ↓ -59%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $638.21 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $638.21 ↓ -59%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $638.21 ↓ -59%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $795.45 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Navigate $848.52 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Options PPO $848.52 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|PPO $848.52 ↓ -46%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $940.25 ↓ -40%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,069.81 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,069.81 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,069.81 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,167.13 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $1,205.50 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,533.86 ↓ -2%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,533.86 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,539.93 ↓ -2%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $2,218.12 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,700.32 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $2,893.20 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $2,989.64 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,134.30 ↑ +99%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $3,327.18 ↑ +112%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $3,616.50 ↑ +130%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $3,712.94 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,857.60 ↑ +145%

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Nm imaging bone/joint 3 phase study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,660.46 $284.50 – $2,956.98
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,282.74 $80.37 – $3,299.94
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,115.81 $538.74 – $1,029.56
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,436.18 $188.05 – $4,868.64
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,567.76 $188.05 – $4,420.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,967.84 $188.05 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,017.29 $188.05 – $2,193.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,006.32 $188.05 – $2,166.18

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