Assay of tyrosine 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

$13.42

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.

$41.14

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.

$8.23 with Blue Shield CA vs $66.35 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 $8.23 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $10.29 ↓ -23%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -21%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -21%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -21%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $10.63 ↓ -21%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -21%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -21%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -21%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $10.63 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11.11 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $12.22 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|Navigate $12.76 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12.76 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|PPO $12.76 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|HMO $12.76 ↓ -5%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $13.27 ↓ -1%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $13.27 ↓ -1%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $13.27 ↓ -1%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $13.29 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $13.29 ↓ -1%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $13.29 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $13.29 ↓ -1%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $13.29 ↓ -1%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $13.29 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $14.25 ↑ +6%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $16.27 ↑ +21%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $16.27 ↑ +21%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $16.32 ↑ +22%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $16.32 ↑ +22%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $17.26 ↑ +29%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $17.26 ↑ +29%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $18.58 ↑ +38%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $18.93 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $19.91 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $19.91 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $23.04 ↑ +72%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.71 ↑ +77%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $23.71 ↑ +77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $24.69 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $25.51 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $26.75 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $30.86 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $32.92 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $33.74 ↑ +151%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $39.13 ↑ +192%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $41.14 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $41.14 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $41.14 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $41.14 ↑ +207%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $66.35 ↑ +394%

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Assay of tyrosine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $31.30 $2.13 – $48.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $17.61 $5.15 – $27.39
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $27.40 $10.63 – $40.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $16.13 $2.79 – $32.20
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $32.01 $9.25 – $40.32
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $11.48 $5.76 – $41.14
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $17.70 $10.29 – $66.35
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $16.09 $8.23 – $66.35

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