Sclerotherapy fluid collection pq w/img 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.

$920.70 with HCLA vs $4,945.00 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $920.70
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $920.70
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $920.70
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,128.78
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,128.78
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $1,132.46
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $1,132.46
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,150.88
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $1,196.91
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $1,196.91
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,288.98
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $1,381.05
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $1,381.05
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,881.94
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,941.00
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $2,058.68
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,058.68
United Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68
DHR Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $2,058.68
MHN Commercial|All Plans $2,058.68
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $2,367.48
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $2,573.35
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $2,573.35
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,573.35
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $2,573.35
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $2,573.35
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $2,573.35
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,732.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,645.00
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $3,894.56
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $4,603.50
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,713.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,945.00
United Commercial|Navigate not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
SCAN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan not published by hospital
HPN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans 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
Health Net Medicaid|DHR not published by hospital

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Sclerotherapy fluid collection pq w/img at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,970.57 $819.99 – $3,763.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,272.02 $920.70 – $2,773.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,165.03 $601.56 – $2,183.44
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,657.76 $920.70 – $3,796.80
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $4,056.54 $2,238.00 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,896.16 $1,805.60 – $5,171.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,478.98 $456.24 – $1,901.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,052.15 $801.49 – $2,043.00

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