X-ray small intestine follow-through study 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

$201.80

Cash price

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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.

$619.00

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.

$74.76 with Health Net vs $619.00 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.

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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

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|Preferred IPA $74.76 ↓ -63%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $74.76 ↓ -63%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $74.76 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $91.66 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $91.66 ↓ -55%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $91.95 ↓ -54%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $91.95 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $93.45 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $97.19 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $97.19 ↓ -52%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $104.66 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $112.14 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $112.14 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $154.75 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $202.57 ↑ +0%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $202.57 ↑ +0%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $202.57 ↑ +0%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $284.74 ↑ +41%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $316.23 ↑ +57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $346.57 ↑ +72%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $346.64 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $371.40 ↑ +84%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $373.80 ↑ +85%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $383.78 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $402.35 ↑ +99%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $427.11 ↑ +112%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $457.28 ↑ +127%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $464.25 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|PPO $470.44 ↑ +133%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $476.63 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $495.20 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|Options PPO $557.10 ↑ +176%
United Commercial|HMO $581.86 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|Navigate $619.00 ↑ +207%

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X-ray small intestine follow-through study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $1,540.00 not published
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $269.81 $113.10 – $480.48
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $1,540.00 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $1,540.00 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,540.00 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $977.60 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $977.60 not published
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $1,540.00 not published

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