Cholesterol (Lipid) Test 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

$122.25

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.

$375.00

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.

$13.39 with CareMore vs $300.00 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 $13.39 ↓ -89%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $13.39 ↓ -89%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $13.39 ↓ -89%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $13.39 ↓ -89%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $13.39 ↓ -89%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $13.39 ↓ -89%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $13.39 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.39 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $13.39 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $15.40 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Navigate $16.07 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|PPO $16.07 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16.07 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|HMO $16.07 ↓ -87%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $16.55 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $16.55 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $16.55 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $16.74 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $16.74 ↓ -86%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $16.74 ↓ -86%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $16.74 ↓ -86%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $16.74 ↓ -86%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $16.74 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $17.35 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $20.29 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $20.29 ↓ -83%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $20.36 ↓ -83%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $20.36 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $21.52 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $21.52 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $23.17 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $24.82 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $24.82 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $29.85 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.85 ↓ -76%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $48.81 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $67.64 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $67.64 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $67.64 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $75.00 ↓ -39%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $82.75 ↓ -32%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $93.75 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $101.25 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $123.91 ↑ +1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $163.50 ↑ +34%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $172.50 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $210.00 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $225.00 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $232.50 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $243.75 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $281.25 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $300.00 ↑ +145%

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Cholesterol (Lipid) Test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $131.40 $13.39 – $41.78
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $63.85 $2.68 – $37.83
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $255.00 $13.12 – $109.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $415.16 $5.82 – $34.49
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $139.20 $7.63 – $14.08
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $380.24 $3.81 – $40.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $317.58 $5.30 – $38.46
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $314.16 $5.30 – $38.46

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