Cholesterol 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

$75.96

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.

$233.00

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.

$4.35 with US Behavioral Health vs $107.20 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
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $4.35 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.35 ↓ -94%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4.35 ↓ -94%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $4.35 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4.35 ↓ -94%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $4.35 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $4.35 ↓ -94%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $4.35 ↓ -94%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $4.35 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $5.00 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.04 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.22 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Navigate $5.22 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|PPO $5.22 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $5.22 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $5.44 ↓ -93%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $5.44 ↓ -93%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $5.44 ↓ -93%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $5.44 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $5.44 ↓ -93%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $5.44 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $5.55 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $5.55 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $5.55 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $6.80 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $6.80 ↓ -91%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $6.83 ↓ -91%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $6.83 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $7.22 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $7.22 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $7.77 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $8.32 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $8.32 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9.71 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.71 ↓ -87%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $16.37 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $22.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $22.00 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $26.80 ↓ -65%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $27.75 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $33.50 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $36.18 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $40.25 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $53.10 ↓ -30%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $61.64 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $75.04 ↓ -1%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $80.40 ↑ +6%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $83.08 ↑ +9%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $87.10 ↑ +15%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $100.50 ↑ +32%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $107.20 ↑ +41%

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