Cold agglutinin screen (arc) at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$22.82
Cash price 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.
$70.00
Gross charge 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.
$4.10 with Blue Shield CA vs $46.35 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4.10 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $5.13 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.54 | ↓ -76% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $8.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -65% |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -65% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -65% |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -65% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $8.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $9.27 | ↓ -59% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $9.27 | ↓ -59% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $9.27 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $9.28 | ↓ -59% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $9.43 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9.68 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9.68 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $9.68 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $9.68 | ↓ -58% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $10.09 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $10.09 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $10.09 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $10.09 | ↓ -56% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $10.09 | ↓ -56% |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.09 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $10.69 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $11.37 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $11.37 | ↓ -50% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $11.40 | ↓ -50% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $11.40 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $11.48 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $12.06 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $12.06 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $12.30 | ↓ -46% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $12.71 | ↓ -44% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.98 | ↓ -43% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $13.32 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.90 | ↓ -39% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.90 | ↓ -39% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $15.37 | ↓ -33% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $16.40 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $16.81 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.01 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $18.01 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.49 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $20.49 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $20.49 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $20.49 | ↓ -10% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.33 | ↑ +20% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $46.35 | ↑ +103% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cold agglutinin screen (arc) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $59.24 | $1.61 – $20.37 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $9.21 | $8.07 – $21.07 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $8.43 | $5.81 – $24.47 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $311.74 | $8.07 – $68.60 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $10.71 | $8.07 – $17.88 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $41.23 | $8.07 – $67.15 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $30.10 | $5.13 – $46.35 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $10.71 | $8.07 – $39.22 |