Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 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

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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.

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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.

$92.61 with BCBS - Anthem vs $4,945.00 with Health Net — 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 $92.61
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $93.43
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $93.43
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $93.43
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $114.55
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $114.55
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $121.46
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $121.46
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $130.80
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $140.15
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $140.15
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $167.52
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $167.52
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $395.21
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $467.15
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $726.02
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $785.56
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $785.56
Humana Commercial|All Plans $785.56
United Medicare|All Plans $785.56
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $785.56
DHR Medicare|All Plans $785.56
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $785.56
MHN Commercial|All Plans $785.56
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $903.39
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $981.95
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $981.95
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $981.95
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $981.95
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $981.95
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $981.95
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,941.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,732.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,645.00
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,713.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,945.00
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
SCAN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan not published by hospital
HPN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Navigate not published by hospital
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Health Net Medicaid|DHR not published by hospital

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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $580.35 $104.57 – $1,452.04
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $976.14 $845.36 – $2,695.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,108.56 $63.13 – $239.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $619.20 $85.02 – $1,335.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $612.53 $85.02 – $1,318.51
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,047.87 $890.68 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,978.73 $806.82 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,204.22 $845.19 – $3,982.87

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