Rectal sensation test 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

$148.99

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.

$457.00

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.

$114.25 with Health Net vs $4,386.00 with Health Net — 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 $114.25 ↓ -23%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $246.78 ↑ +66%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $251.35 ↑ +69%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $255.92 ↑ +72%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $274.20 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $274.20 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $283.34 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $297.05 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $342.75 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|PPO $347.32 ↑ +133%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $351.48 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $365.60 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $374.74 ↑ +152%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $395.66 ↑ +166%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +166%
United Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +166%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +166%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +166%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $395.66 ↑ +166%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +166%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +166%
United Commercial|Options PPO $411.30 ↑ +176%
United Commercial|HMO $429.58 ↑ +188%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $455.01 ↑ +205%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $457.00 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|Navigate $457.00 ↑ +207%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $494.57 ↑ +232%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $494.57 ↑ +232%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $494.58 ↑ +232%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $494.58 ↑ +232%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $494.58 ↑ +232%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $494.58 ↑ +232%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,233.00 ↑ +2070%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,182.00 ↑ +2707%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,386.00 ↑ +2844%

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Rectal sensation test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $508.04 $395.66 – $1,163.26
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $234.26 $120.75 – $440.77
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1,333.00 – $3,338.80
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $1,333.00 – $4,219.42
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $1,333.00 – $4,784.85
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $1,908.74 – $1,908.74
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $1,333.00 – $4,796.02
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $1,333.00 – $3,589.71

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