Ammonia 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

$51.19

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.

$157.00

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.

$14.57 with Humana vs $157.00 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
Humana Commercial|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -72%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -72%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -72%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $14.57 ↓ -72%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -72%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $14.57 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -72%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -72%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $16.76 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|HMO $17.48 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Navigate $17.48 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|PPO $17.48 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17.48 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $18.21 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $18.21 ↓ -64%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $18.21 ↓ -64%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $18.21 ↓ -64%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $18.21 ↓ -64%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $18.21 ↓ -64%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $18.58 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $18.58 ↓ -64%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $18.58 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $19.00 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $22.78 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $22.78 ↓ -55%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $22.85 ↓ -55%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $22.85 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $24.16 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $24.16 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $26.01 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $27.87 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $27.87 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $31.40 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $32.49 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $32.49 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $39.25 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $42.39 ↓ -17%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $54.78 ↑ +7%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $72.22 ↑ +41%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $73.59 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $73.59 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $73.59 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $87.92 ↑ +72%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $92.90 ↑ +81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $94.20 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $97.34 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $102.05 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $117.75 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $125.60 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $128.74 ↑ +151%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $157.00 ↑ +207%

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Ammonia at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $222.95 $14.57 – $45.46
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $40.69 $2.91 – $42.68
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $507.45 $14.28 – $118.98
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $196.03 $14.57 – $45.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $226.44 $14.57 – $246.96
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $179.54 $12.42 – $45.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $249.32 $4.17 – $41.87
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $246.26 $4.17 – $41.87

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