Aminolevulinic acid delta 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

$14.38

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.

$44.11

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.

$8.83 with Blue Shield CA vs $104.95 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 $8.83 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $11.03 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11.91 ↓ -17%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $16.45 ↑ +14%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $16.45 ↑ +14%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↑ +14%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↑ +14%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $16.45 ↑ +14%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $16.45 ↑ +14%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↑ +14%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↑ +14%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $18.92 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|HMO $19.74 ↑ +37%
United Commercial|Options PPO $19.74 ↑ +37%
United Commercial|Navigate $19.74 ↑ +37%
United Commercial|PPO $19.74 ↑ +37%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $20.30 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $20.56 ↑ +43%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $20.56 ↑ +43%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $20.56 ↑ +43%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $20.56 ↑ +43%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $20.56 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $20.56 ↑ +43%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $20.99 ↑ +46%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $20.99 ↑ +46%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $20.99 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $24.71 ↑ +72%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $25.73 ↑ +79%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $25.73 ↑ +79%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $25.82 ↑ +80%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $25.82 ↑ +80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $26.47 ↑ +84%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $27.29 ↑ +90%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $27.29 ↑ +90%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $27.35 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $27.65 ↑ +92%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $28.68 ↑ +99%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $29.39 ↑ +104%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $31.48 ↑ +119%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $31.48 ↑ +119%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $33.09 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $35.29 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $36.18 ↑ +152%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $36.68 ↑ +155%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $36.68 ↑ +155%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $44.11 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.11 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $44.11 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $44.11 ↑ +207%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $61.88 ↑ +330%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $104.95 ↑ +630%

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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $15.65 $3.29 – $24.25
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $18.88 $16.45 – $43.23
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $17.30 $11.91 – $49.82
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $16.37 $7.81 – $47.26
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $16.19 $7.81 – $47.26
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $25.19 $1.57 – $12.50
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $12.97 $3.29 – $15.62
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $34.32 $14.63 – $43.23

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