Biopsy skin incisional single lesion 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

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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.

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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.

$108.71 with HCLA vs $4,386.00 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.

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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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $108.71
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $108.71
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $108.71
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $133.28
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $133.28
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $133.71
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $133.71
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $141.33
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $141.33
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $152.19
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $163.06
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $163.06
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $169.86
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $459.84
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $543.55
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $729.09
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $777.77
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $777.77
Humana Commercial|All Plans $777.77
United Medicare|All Plans $777.77
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $777.77
DHR Medicare|All Plans $777.77
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $777.77
MHN Commercial|All Plans $777.77
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $894.44
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $972.21
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $972.21
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $972.21
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $972.21
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $972.21
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $972.21
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,597.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,233.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3,657.00
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,182.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,386.00
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

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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $552.37 $164.46 – $1,458.18
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,176.57 $995.98 – $2,695.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $114.56 $42.17 – $159.74
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $148.40 $108.71 – $400.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $153.41 $108.71 – $400.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,308.15 $1,049.38 – $7,483.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,315.80 $950.57 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $808.35 $995.78 – $3,982.87

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