Tc-99m mebrofenin 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

$41.41

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.

$127.00

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.

$31.75 with Health Net vs $226.80 with Care 1st — 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 $31.75 ↓ -23%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $45.36 ↑ +10%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $45.36 ↑ +10%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $45.36 ↑ +10%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $55.61 ↑ +34%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $55.61 ↑ +34%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $55.79 ↑ +35%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $55.79 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $56.70 ↑ +37%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $58.42 ↑ +41%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $58.97 ↑ +42%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $58.97 ↑ +42%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $63.50 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $68.04 ↑ +64%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $68.04 ↑ +64%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $71.12 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $76.20 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $78.74 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $82.55 ↑ +99%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $87.63 ↑ +112%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $95.25 ↑ +130%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $97.79 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $101.60 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $116.84 ↑ +182%
United Commercial|Options PPO $127.00 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $127.00 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|HMO $127.00 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|PPO $127.00 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|Navigate $127.00 ↑ +207%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $191.87 ↑ +363%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $226.80 ↑ +448%

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Tc-99m mebrofenin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $136.66 $68.62 – $243.36
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $680.40 $65.00 – $65.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $680.40 $65.00 – $65.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $631.80 $58.00 – $58.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $631.80 $58.00 – $58.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $533.20 $74.84 – $742.05
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $680.40 $65.00 – $65.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $680.40 $65.00 – $65.00

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