Breast punct aspir cyst, bil 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.

$62.75 with BCBS - Anthem vs $4,945.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $62.75
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $63.30
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $63.30
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $63.30
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $77.61
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $77.61
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $82.29
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $82.29
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $88.62
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $94.95
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $94.95
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $113.50
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $113.50
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $267.76
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $316.50
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $599.00
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $814.46
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $844.00
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $893.98
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $893.98
Humana Commercial|All Plans $893.98
United Medicare|All Plans $893.98
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $893.98
DHR Medicare|All Plans $893.98
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $893.98
MHN Commercial|All Plans $893.98
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $1,028.08
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $1,117.47
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $1,117.47
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $1,117.47
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $1,117.47
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $1,117.47
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,117.47
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,645.00
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,713.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,945.00
United Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan not published by hospital
United Commercial|Navigate not published by hospital
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
HPN Medicare|All Plans 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
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
SCAN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital

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Breast punct aspir cyst, bil at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,174.72 $49.40 – $2,091.96
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $952.17 $593.00 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,001.10 $40.16 – $1,672.86
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,021.65 $32.08 – $121.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $807.13 $40.16 – $1,949.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $963.86 $40.16 – $1,836.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $953.47 $40.16 – $1,813.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,049.07 $1,005.45 – $6,200.00

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