Blood typing patient serum at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$29.34
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.
$90.00
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.
$8.55 with BCBS - Anthem vs $75.47 with United — 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 | $8.55 | ↓ -71% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $9.81 | ↓ -67% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $9.81 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $9.81 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.03 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.03 | ↓ -59% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.07 | ↓ -59% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.07 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $12.76 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $12.76 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $13.73 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $13.75 | ↓ -53% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.71 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.71 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.85 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $19.61 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $19.61 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $19.61 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $19.61 | ↓ -33% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $25.30 | ↓ -14% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $28.93 | ↓ -1% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $30.80 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $33.00 | ↑ +12% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $34.10 | ↑ +16% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $35.75 | ↑ +22% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $36.44 | ↑ +24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.44 | ↑ +24% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $41.25 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $42.62 | ↑ +45% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $44.00 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $45.10 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $48.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $48.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $49.05 | ↑ +67% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $55.00 | ↑ +87% |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +87% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +87% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $55.00 | ↑ +87% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +87% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +87% |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $55.00 | ↑ +87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $63.25 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $68.75 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $68.75 | ↑ +134% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $68.75 | ↑ +134% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $68.75 | ↑ +134% |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $68.75 | ↑ +134% |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $68.75 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↑ +157% |
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Blood typing patient serum at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $71.28 | $3.27 – $99.91 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $35.30 | $9.81 – $51.94 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $15.59 | $9.81 – $53.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $28.89 | $9.37 – $53.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $21.18 | $23.18 – $140.37 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $34.40 | $9.81 – $272.65 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $38.70 | $6.84 – $88.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $96.25 | $19.94 – $140.37 |