Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr/lmb-scr w/img addl 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

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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.

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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.

$181.68 with Health Net vs $9,236.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 $181.68
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $181.68
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $181.68
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $222.74
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $222.74
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $223.47
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $223.47
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $227.10
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $236.19
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $236.19
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $254.35
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $272.52
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $272.52
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $768.51
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $908.40
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6,549.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9,236.00
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan not published by hospital
HPN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Navigate not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
SCAN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Health Net Medicaid|DHR not published by hospital

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr/lmb-scr w/img addl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,937.28 $274.87 – $3,449.94
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,105.19 $181.68 – $11,239.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,675.78 $181.68 – $9,787.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,917.39 $181.68 – $8,948.95
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,690.19 $181.68 – $9,954.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,343.85 $0.80 – $3,222.24
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $6,837.06 $1,716.00 – $12,908.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,346.72 $1,200.00 – $15,436.00

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