Path clin consltj prolng svc 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

$102.69

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.

$315.00

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.

$78.75 with Health Net vs $315.00 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 $78.75 ↓ -23%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $144.90 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $176.40 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $189.00 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $195.30 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $204.75 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $236.25 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|PPO $239.40 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $252.00 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|Options PPO $283.50 ↑ +176%
United Commercial|HMO $296.10 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|Navigate $315.00 ↑ +207%

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Path clin consltj prolng svc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $249.96 $80.50 – $157.78
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $192.48 $74.77 – $283.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $228.93 $45.36 – $537.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $172.89 $233.00 – $372.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $171.03 $233.00 – $461.34
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $379.15 $66.40 – $531.20
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $159.94 $114.24 – $456.96
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $245.66 $286.20 – $472.23

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