#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 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

$22.17

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.

$68.00

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.

$5.70 with BCBS - Anthem vs $42.50 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.70 ↓ -74%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $6.54 ↓ -71%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $6.54 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $6.54 ↓ -71%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $7.31 ↓ -67%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -67%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -67%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -67%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -67%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -67%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -67%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $7.31 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $8.02 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $8.02 ↓ -64%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $8.04 ↓ -64%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $8.04 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $8.41 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.50 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $8.51 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $8.51 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|HMO $8.77 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Navigate $8.77 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|PPO $8.77 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8.77 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $9.14 ↓ -59%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $9.14 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $9.14 ↓ -59%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $9.14 ↓ -59%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $9.14 ↓ -59%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $9.14 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $9.16 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $9.81 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $9.81 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $10.63 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11.48 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.30 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $16.30 ↓ -26%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $19.29 ↓ -13%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $19.55 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $23.80 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $24.78 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.78 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $24.78 ↑ +12%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $25.50 ↑ +15%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $26.35 ↑ +19%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $27.63 ↑ +25%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $31.88 ↑ +44%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $32.70 ↑ +47%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $34.00 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $34.85 ↑ +57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $42.50 ↑ +92%

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#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11.13 $6.41 – $24.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11.01 $6.02 – $23.70
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $17.13 $3.00 – $24.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $8.82 $6.21 – $24.60
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $15.45 $5.24 – $28.20
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $7.25 $3.64 – $25.95
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $220.18 $6.25 – $395.92
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $29.24 $4.56 – $39.07

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