Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total 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

$32.28

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.

$99.00

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.

$19.80 with Blue Shield CA vs $286.30 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $19.80 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $24.75 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $26.73 ↓ -17%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $45.54 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $55.44 ↑ +72%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $57.26 ↑ +77%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $57.26 ↑ +77%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $57.26 ↑ +77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $59.40 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $61.38 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $64.35 ↑ +99%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +100%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +100%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +100%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +100%
United Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +100%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +100%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $64.41 ↑ +100%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $64.41 ↑ +100%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↑ +100%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $70.20 ↑ +117%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $70.20 ↑ +117%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $70.43 ↑ +118%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $70.43 ↑ +118%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $71.57 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $74.07 ↑ +129%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $74.25 ↑ +130%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $74.44 ↑ +131%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $74.44 ↑ +131%
United Commercial|Navigate $77.29 ↑ +139%
United Commercial|PPO $77.29 ↑ +139%
United Commercial|HMO $77.29 ↑ +139%
United Commercial|Options PPO $77.29 ↑ +139%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $79.20 ↑ +145%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $80.16 ↑ +148%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $80.51 ↑ +149%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $80.51 ↑ +149%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $80.51 ↑ +149%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $80.51 ↑ +149%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $80.51 ↑ +149%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $80.51 ↑ +149%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $81.18 ↑ +151%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $85.89 ↑ +166%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $85.89 ↑ +166%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $99.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $99.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $99.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $99.00 ↑ +207%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $143.66 ↑ +345%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $143.66 ↑ +345%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $242.21 ↑ +650%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $286.30 ↑ +787%

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Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $43.37 $26.73 – $170.91
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $28.17 $12.88 – $94.48
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $68.85 $63.12 – $514.34
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.80 $49.50 – $165.97
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $66.60 $53.59 – $97.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $39.20 $26.73 – $195.11
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $68.85 $64.41 – $650.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $68.85 $64.41 – $737.11

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