Thyroid met uptake at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$102.37
Cash price 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.
$314.00
Gross charge 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.
$41.91 with HCLA vs $314.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $41.91 | ↓ -59% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $41.91 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $41.91 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.38 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.38 | ↓ -50% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.55 | ↓ -50% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.55 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $52.39 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $54.49 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $54.49 | ↓ -47% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $58.67 | ↓ -43% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.86 | ↓ -39% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.86 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $78.50 | ↓ -23% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $144.44 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $175.84 | ↑ +72% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $177.28 | ↑ +73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $187.83 | ↑ +83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $188.40 | ↑ +84% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $194.68 | ↑ +90% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $204.10 | ↑ +99% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $209.55 | ↑ +105% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $216.66 | ↑ +112% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $235.50 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $238.64 | ↑ +133% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $241.78 | ↑ +136% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $247.83 | ↑ +142% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $250.79 | ↑ +145% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $250.79 | ↑ +145% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $250.79 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $251.20 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $282.60 | ↑ +176% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $295.16 | ↑ +188% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $314.00 | ↑ +207% |
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Thyroid met uptake at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $442.40 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $442.40 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $447.20 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $447.20 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $442.40 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $442.40 | not published |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $442.40 | not published |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $143.58 | $41.91 – $309.60 |