Autologous blood op salvage 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

$720.14

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.

$2,209.00

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.

$315.65 with Cigna vs $1,767.20 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
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $315.65 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $315.65 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $410.55 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $410.55 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $410.55 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $416.35 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $441.80 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $549.34 ↓ -24%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $552.25 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $596.43 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|HMO $787.38 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|PPO $787.38 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|Options PPO $787.38 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|Navigate $787.38 ↑ +9%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $974.52 ↑ +35%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,016.14 ↑ +41%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +44%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +44%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +44%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +44%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +44%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $1,037.95 ↑ +44%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +44%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $1,193.64 ↑ +66%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,237.04 ↑ +72%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $1,297.44 ↑ +80%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $1,297.44 ↑ +80%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,297.44 ↑ +80%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $1,297.44 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $1,297.44 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $1,297.44 ↑ +80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $1,325.40 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $1,369.58 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,435.85 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,656.75 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,767.20 ↑ +145%

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Autologous blood op salvage at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $895.28 $310.40 – $1,949.04
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,303.50 $364.69 – $5,274.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,109.75 $428.72 – $5,274.36
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,253.51 $441.75 – $6,285.30
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,697.40 $706.39 – $3,512.83
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $863.01 $298.06 – $2,007.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $741.34 $165.16 – $2,024.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $457.58 $183.70 – $1,386.10

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