Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic 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

$24.78

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.

$76.00

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.

$15.20 with Blue Shield CA vs $86.30 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 $15.20 ↓ -39%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -31%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -31%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -31%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -31%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $17.00 ↓ -31%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -31%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $17.00 ↓ -31%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -31%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -31%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $17.26 ↓ -30%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $17.26 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $17.26 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $19.00 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $19.55 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|Options PPO $20.40 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|Navigate $20.40 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|HMO $20.40 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|PPO $20.40 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $20.52 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $21.16 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $21.16 ↓ -15%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $21.23 ↓ -14%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $21.23 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $21.25 ↓ -14%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $21.25 ↓ -14%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $21.25 ↓ -14%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $21.25 ↓ -14%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $21.25 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $21.25 ↓ -14%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $22.44 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $22.44 ↓ -9%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $24.16 ↓ -3%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $25.89 ↑ +4%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $25.89 ↑ +4%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $34.96 ↑ +41%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $37.91 ↑ +53%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $37.91 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $42.56 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $45.60 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $47.12 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $49.40 ↑ +99%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $50.89 ↑ +105%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $57.00 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $60.80 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $62.32 ↑ +151%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $76.00 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $76.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $76.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $76.00 ↑ +207%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $86.30 ↑ +248%

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Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $26.92 $3.40 – $41.71
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $32.68 $15.53 – $86.30
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $29.72 $15.20 – $86.30
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $25.31 $14.62 – $86.30
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $16.66 – $136.95
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $17.00 – $173.07
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $17.00 – $196.27
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $17.00 – $78.29

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