Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count 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

$67.81

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.

$208.00

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.

$3.80 with CareMore vs $166.40 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
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -94%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -94%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $3.80 ↓ -94%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $3.80 ↓ -94%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -94%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $3.89 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $3.89 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $3.89 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $4.37 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|HMO $4.56 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Navigate $4.56 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|PPO $4.56 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4.56 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $4.75 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $4.75 ↓ -93%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $4.75 ↓ -93%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.75 ↓ -93%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $4.75 ↓ -93%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $4.75 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4.75 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $4.77 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $4.77 ↓ -93%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $4.78 ↓ -93%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $4.78 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $5.06 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $5.06 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $5.45 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $5.83 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $5.83 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $8.47 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $8.47 ↓ -88%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $11.46 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17.35 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17.35 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.35 ↓ -74%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $19.45 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $31.84 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $41.60 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $42.00 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $52.00 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $56.16 ↓ -17%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $95.68 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $116.48 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $124.80 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $128.96 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $135.20 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $156.00 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $166.40 ↑ +145%

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Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $67.02 $3.80 – $11.86
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $32.18 $0.76 – $52.38
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $141.57 $3.80 – $10.78
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $36.63 $3.80 – $53.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $129.66 $2.97 – $11.51
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $72.72 $3.80 – $18.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $71.94 $3.80 – $18.17
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $114.20 $3.80 – $124.00

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