Chromosome karyotype study 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

$38.55

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.

$118.25

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.

$13.29 with Health Net vs $137.50 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
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $13.29 ↓ -66%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $24.44 ↓ -37%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $27.50 ↓ -29%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $27.50 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $27.50 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $29.76 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $31.88 ↓ -17%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $32.95 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $33.47 ↓ -13%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $33.47 ↓ -13%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $33.47 ↓ -13%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $33.47 ↓ -13%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $33.47 ↓ -13%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $33.47 ↓ -13%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $33.47 ↓ -13%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $33.47 ↓ -13%
United Medicare|All Plans $33.47 ↓ -13%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $33.72 ↓ -13%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $33.72 ↓ -13%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $33.83 ↓ -12%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $33.83 ↓ -12%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $34.54 ↓ -10%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $35.75 ↓ -7%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $35.75 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $38.49 ↓ -0%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $38.50 ↓ -0%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $39.85 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|PPO $40.16 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|HMO $40.16 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|Options PPO $40.16 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|Navigate $40.16 ↑ +4%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $41.25 ↑ +7%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $41.25 ↑ +7%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $41.84 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $41.84 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $41.84 ↑ +9%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $41.84 ↑ +9%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $41.84 ↑ +9%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $41.84 ↑ +9%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $42.51 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $43.57 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $53.13 ↑ +38%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $53.13 ↑ +38%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $53.13 ↑ +38%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $53.13 ↑ +38%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $74.66 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $74.66 ↑ +94%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $81.09 ↑ +110%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $137.50 ↑ +257%

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Chromosome karyotype study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $16.65 $10.26 – $88.82
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $16.27 $12.50 – $86.26
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $23.31 $18.95 – $34.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $14.90 $6.75 – $101.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $18.09 $17.50 – $96.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $17.90 $17.50 – $96.20
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $21.70 $3.80 – $30.40
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $14.34 $7.35 – $35.00

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