Assay of procainamide w/metab 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

$8.48

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.

$26.00

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.

$5.20 with Blue Shield CA vs $106.80 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 $5.20 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $6.50 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7.02 ↓ -17%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $11.96 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14.56 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $15.60 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $16.12 ↑ +90%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +98%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +98%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +98%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +98%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +98%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $16.75 ↑ +98%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +98%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $16.75 ↑ +98%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +98%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $16.90 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $19.26 ↑ +127%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $19.50 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|Options PPO $20.10 ↑ +137%
United Commercial|Navigate $20.10 ↑ +137%
United Commercial|HMO $20.10 ↑ +137%
United Commercial|PPO $20.10 ↑ +137%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.80 ↑ +145%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $20.94 ↑ +147%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $20.94 ↑ +147%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $20.94 ↑ +147%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $20.94 ↑ +147%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $20.94 ↑ +147%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $20.94 ↑ +147%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $21.32 ↑ +151%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $21.36 ↑ +152%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $21.36 ↑ +152%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $21.36 ↑ +152%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $26.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $26.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $26.00 ↑ +207%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $26.00 ↑ +207%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $26.00 ↑ +207%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $26.00 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $26.00 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $26.00 ↑ +207%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $26.27 ↑ +210%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $26.27 ↑ +210%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $27.77 ↑ +227%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $27.77 ↑ +227%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $32.04 ↑ +278%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $32.04 ↑ +278%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $37.36 ↑ +341%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $37.36 ↑ +341%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $62.98 ↑ +643%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $106.80 ↑ +1159%

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Assay of procainamide w/metab at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $11.89 $3.35 – $24.57
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $27.90 $16.75 – $41.05
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $163.78 $16.75 – $587.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $11.18 $6.50 – $106.80
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $10.17 $5.20 – $106.80
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $8.66 $6.76 – $106.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $16.42 – $136.29
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $16.75 – $172.24

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