Ultrasound guide tissue ablation at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$402.61
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.
$1,235.00
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.
$139.70 with Health Net vs $1,235.00 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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| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $139.70 | ↓ -65% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $139.70 | ↓ -65% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $139.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $171.27 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $171.27 | ↓ -57% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $171.83 | ↓ -57% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $171.83 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $174.63 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $181.61 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $181.61 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $195.58 | ↓ -51% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $209.55 | ↓ -48% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $209.55 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $278.06 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $278.06 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $278.06 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $308.75 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $448.50 | ↑ +11% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $568.10 | ↑ +41% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $590.93 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $591.76 | ↑ +47% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $691.60 | ↑ +72% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $698.50 | ↑ +73% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $741.00 | ↑ +84% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $765.70 | ↑ +90% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $802.75 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $852.15 | ↑ +112% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $926.25 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $938.60 | ↑ +133% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $950.95 | ↑ +136% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $988.00 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,111.50 | ↑ +176% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,160.90 | ↑ +188% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,235.00 | ↑ +207% |
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Ultrasound guide tissue ablation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $112.57 | $69.39 – $211.35 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $655.20 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $655.20 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $644.80 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $644.80 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $655.20 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $655.20 | not published |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $655.20 | not published |