Assay alkaline phosphatase 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

$40.10

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.

$123.00

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.

$7.60 with BCBS - Anthem vs $98.40 with MultiPlan — 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 $7.60 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -79%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -79%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $8.26 ↓ -79%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $8.26 ↓ -79%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -79%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -79%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -79%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $8.72 ↓ -78%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $8.72 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $8.72 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $9.50 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9.91 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Navigate $9.91 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|PPO $9.91 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|HMO $9.91 ↓ -75%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $10.32 ↓ -74%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $10.32 ↓ -74%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $10.32 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $10.32 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $10.32 ↓ -74%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $10.69 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $10.69 ↓ -73%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $10.73 ↓ -73%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $10.73 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $11.34 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $11.34 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $12.21 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $13.08 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $13.08 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $18.42 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $18.42 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $24.60 ↓ -39%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $25.72 ↓ -36%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $30.75 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $33.10 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $33.10 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $33.10 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $33.21 ↓ -17%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $43.60 ↑ +9%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $56.58 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $66.60 ↑ +66%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $68.88 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $73.80 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $76.26 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $79.95 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $87.87 ↑ +119%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $92.25 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $98.40 ↑ +145%

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Assay alkaline phosphatase at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $93.50 $8.26 – $23.74
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $92.49 $8.03 – $23.74
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $143.90 $8.26 – $201.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $74.68 $7.02 – $208.28
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $140.60 $6.99 – $256.62
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $133.92 $8.09 – $480.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $51.60 $6.08 – $96.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $160.71 $8.26 – $411.00

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