Biopsy of heart lining at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$982.57
Cash price 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.
$3,014.00
Gross charge 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.
$426.30 with BCBS - Anthem vs $7,079.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $426.30 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $432.54 | ↓ -56% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $432.54 | ↓ -56% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $432.54 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $530.29 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $530.29 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $562.31 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $562.31 | ↓ -43% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $605.56 | ↓ -38% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $648.81 | ↓ -34% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $648.81 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $753.50 | ↓ -23% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $775.54 | ↓ -21% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $775.54 | ↓ -21% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,627.56 | ↑ +66% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,657.70 | ↑ +69% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,687.84 | ↑ +72% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,808.40 | ↑ +84% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $1,808.40 | ↑ +84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,829.64 | ↑ +86% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,868.68 | ↑ +90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,941.00 | ↑ +98% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,959.10 | ↑ +99% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,162.70 | ↑ +120% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $2,260.50 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,290.64 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,411.20 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,712.60 | ↑ +176% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,732.00 | ↑ +178% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,833.16 | ↑ +188% |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $3,014.00 | ↑ +207% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $3,014.00 | ↑ +207% |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $3,014.00 | ↑ +207% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $3,014.00 | ↑ +207% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $3,014.00 | ↑ +207% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $3,014.00 | ↑ +207% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $3,014.00 | ↑ +207% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,014.00 | ↑ +207% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $3,466.10 | ↑ +253% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $3,738.61 | ↑ +280% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $3,767.50 | ↑ +283% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $3,767.50 | ↑ +283% |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,767.50 | ↑ +283% |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $3,767.50 | ↑ +283% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $3,767.50 | ↑ +283% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $3,767.50 | ↑ +283% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +307% |
| Alhambra | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,000.00 | ↑ +307% |
| Alhambra | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,000.00 | ↑ +307% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $5,220.00 | ↑ +431% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,748.00 | ↑ +587% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,079.00 | ↑ +620% |
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Biopsy of heart lining at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,223.46 | $272.83 – $5,091.10 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,973.72 | $272.83 – $4,934.30 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,251.55 | $272.83 – $4,846.65 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,803.69 | $272.83 – $5,153.40 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,796.44 | $2,238.00 – $11,377.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,006.88 | $3,429.00 – $7,883.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $3,159.53 | $272.83 – $6,073.65 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,465.65 | $272.83 – $10,194.41 |