Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$243.53
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$747.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$28.15 with HCLA vs $747.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $28.15 | ↓ -88% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $28.15 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $28.15 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $34.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $34.51 | ↓ -86% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $34.62 | ↓ -86% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $34.62 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.19 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $36.60 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $36.60 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $39.41 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $42.23 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $42.23 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $85.66 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $85.66 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $85.66 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $118.62 | ↓ -51% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $119.07 | ↓ -51% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $140.75 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $156.51 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $186.75 | ↓ -23% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $215.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $243.00 | ↓ -0% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $343.62 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $418.32 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $448.20 | ↑ +84% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $463.14 | ↑ +90% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $485.55 | ↑ +99% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $560.25 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $567.72 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $597.60 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $672.30 | ↑ +176% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $702.18 | ↑ +188% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $747.00 | ↑ +207% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $220.32 | $42.58 – $392.34 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,008.00 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,008.00 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $660.40 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $660.40 | not published |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $219.02 | $46.45 – $270.63 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $1,008.00 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $1,008.00 | not published |