Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion 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

$772.62

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.

$2,370.00

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.

$290.93 with HCLA vs $2,370.00 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $290.93 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $290.93 ↓ -62%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $290.93 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $356.68 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $356.68 ↓ -54%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $357.83 ↓ -54%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $357.83 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $363.65 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $378.21 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $378.21 ↓ -51%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $407.30 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $436.39 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $436.39 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $592.50 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $633.15 ↓ -18%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -11%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $683.93 ↓ -11%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -11%
United Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -11%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -11%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -11%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $683.93 ↓ -11%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $786.52 ↑ +2%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $854.91 ↑ +11%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $854.91 ↑ +11%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $854.91 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $854.91 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $854.91 ↑ +11%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $854.91 ↑ +11%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,090.20 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|HMO $1,101.15 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,101.15 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,101.15 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|PPO $1,101.15 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,124.40 ↑ +46%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,124.40 ↑ +46%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,124.40 ↑ +46%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,230.63 ↑ +59%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,327.20 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $1,422.00 ↑ +84%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $1,454.65 ↑ +88%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $1,469.40 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,540.50 ↑ +99%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,635.30 ↑ +112%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,777.50 ↑ +130%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,824.90 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,896.00 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $1,943.40 ↑ +152%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,991.18 ↑ +158%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,991.18 ↑ +158%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,370.00 ↑ +207%

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Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,607.46 $440.14 – $2,862.60
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $728.71 $107.65 – $1,053.42
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,117.01 $731.71 – $1,746.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,938.84 $290.92 – $3,860.22
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,373.29 $290.93 – $4,394.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,544.09 $290.92 – $2,704.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $562.07 $290.93 – $2,565.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $556.01 $290.93 – $2,565.73

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