Chromatography 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

$8.27

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.

$25.34

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.

$3.60 with Blue Shield CA vs $110.45 with Care 1st — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.60 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $4.50 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.86 ↓ -41%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $8.28 ↑ +0%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $10.08 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $10.80 ↑ +31%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $11.16 ↑ +35%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11.70 ↑ +41%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $13.50 ↑ +63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14.40 ↑ +74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $14.76 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|HMO $18.00 ↑ +118%
United Commercial|Options PPO $18.00 ↑ +118%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +118%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $18.00 ↑ +118%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $18.00 ↑ +118%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $18.00 ↑ +118%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +118%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $18.00 ↑ +118%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +118%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $18.00 ↑ +118%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $18.00 ↑ +118%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $18.00 ↑ +118%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +118%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $18.00 ↑ +118%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +118%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +118%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +118%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $18.00 ↑ +118%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $18.00 ↑ +118%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $18.00 ↑ +118%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +118%
United Commercial|Navigate $18.00 ↑ +118%
United Commercial|PPO $18.00 ↑ +118%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +118%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $20.70 ↑ +150%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $22.50 ↑ +172%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $22.50 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $22.50 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $22.50 ↑ +172%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $22.50 ↑ +172%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $22.50 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $23.40 ↑ +183%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $23.40 ↑ +183%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $27.00 ↑ +226%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $27.00 ↑ +226%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $27.17 ↑ +229%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $27.17 ↑ +229%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $40.28 ↑ +387%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $40.28 ↑ +387%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $65.14 ↑ +688%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $110.45 ↑ +1236%

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Chromatography at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $11.10 $4.86 – $47.92
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $13.77 $3.61 – $25.41
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4.75 $17.70 – $146.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $10.85 $9.00 – $46.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $111.89 $9.75 – $18.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $9.94 $4.86 – $54.71
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $9.41 $7.98 – $51.90
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $9.30 $7.98 – $51.90

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