Varus/valgus strap padded/li 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

$187.45

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.

$575.00

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.

$40.00 with SCAN vs $309.25 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
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $40.00 ↓ -79%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $51.00 ↓ -73%
Alhambra Medicaid|> 21 $51.00 ↓ -73%
Alhambra Medicaid|< 21 $51.00 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $53.55 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $58.65 ↓ -69%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $61.85 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $61.85 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $63.75 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $63.75 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $75.83 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $75.83 ↓ -60%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $76.08 ↓ -59%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $76.08 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $76.50 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $76.50 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $80.41 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $80.41 ↓ -57%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $81.60 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $92.78 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $92.78 ↓ -51%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $104.55 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|Options PPO $130.05 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|Navigate $132.60 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|PPO $132.60 ↓ -29%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $135.15 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|HMO $140.25 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $142.80 ↓ -24%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $142.80 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $153.00 ↓ -18%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $165.75 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $191.25 ↑ +2%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $191.25 ↑ +2%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $204.00 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $219.30 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $242.25 ↑ +29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $242.25 ↑ +29%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $252.45 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $252.45 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $252.45 ↑ +35%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $261.63 ↑ +40%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $309.25 ↑ +65%

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Varus/valgus strap padded/li at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $152.87 $63.84 – $207.48
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $247.25 $51.00 – $309.25
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $224.83 $53.55 – $309.25
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $91.79 $36.85 – $284.75
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $191.48 $51.00 – $309.25
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $73.03 $61.85 – $298.15
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $130.32 $36.85 – $321.60
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $91.79 $36.85 – $335.00

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