CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, knee or other leg joint

Facility: Glendale Adventist Medical Center

Billing Code: 73721 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$385

about 1.6× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $252–$570

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$235

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $150 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $385 This hospital $235 Cash price $63 Hospital's list price $421

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other CA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 CA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $63 Priciest $235

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a MRI, knee or other leg joint is about $385 (about 1.6× the $244 Medicare rate). Glendale Adventist Medical Center charges insurers about $235, or about $63 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Glendale, CA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$67 - $4,429	27%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$67 - $4,619	27%
Aetnamajor	$154 - $1,678	63%
Cignamajor	$35 - $1,165	14%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$178 - $9,296	73%
Health Net	$95 - $15,531	39%
Molina	$67 - $560	27%
+ 18 smaller / regional plans	$60 - $10,937

Government programs also on file: Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 5 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 63), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 73721.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Glendale Adventist Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 73721.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Glendale Adventist Medical Center

Compare: MRI, knee or other leg joint at other CA hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.