Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci 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

$7.18

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.

$22.00

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.

$5.50 with Health Net vs $20.28 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 $5.50 ↓ -23%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $5.72 ↓ -20%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $10.12 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12.32 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $13.20 ↑ +84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $13.25 ↑ +85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $13.25 ↑ +85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $13.53 ↑ +88%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $13.64 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14.30 ↑ +99%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $15.18 ↑ +111%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $16.50 ↑ +130%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $16.94 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $17.60 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|Navigate $19.42 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|PPO $20.28 ↑ +182%
United Commercial|HMO $20.28 ↑ +182%
United Commercial|Options PPO $20.28 ↑ +182%

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Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $191.85 $2.28 – $341.64
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $85.73 $50.43 – $119.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $215.72 $3.78 – $493.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $201.10 $14.12 – $502.74
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5.94 $8.00 – $16.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5.88 $3.40 – $16.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $125.54 $5.71 – $350.14
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $59.13 $14.72 – $74.48

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