Biopsy roof of mouth at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
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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.
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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.
$104.80 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,572.00 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 | $104.80 | — |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $105.73 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $105.73 | — |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $105.73 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $129.62 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $129.62 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $137.45 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $137.45 | — |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $148.02 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $158.59 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $158.59 | — |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $189.57 | — |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $189.57 | — |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $447.24 | — |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $528.65 | — |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,742.12 | — |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $1,882.11 | — |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,882.11 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,882.11 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,882.11 | — |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $1,882.11 | — |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $1,882.11 | — |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $1,882.11 | — |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,882.11 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,941.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $2,164.43 | — |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,352.64 | — |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $2,352.64 | — |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $2,352.64 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $2,352.64 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $2,352.64 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $2,352.64 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,732.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,109.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,311.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,572.00 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | not published by hospital | — |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | not published by hospital | — |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Biopsy roof of mouth at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $82.50 – $3,484.24 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $1,921.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $67.07 – $1,882.11 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $67.07 – $67.07 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $67.07 – $1,882.11 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $67.07 – $1,882.11 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $67.07 – $1,882.11 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $2,203.03 – $7,455.00 |