Compatibility test incubate 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

$204.73

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.

$628.00

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.

$62.59 with BCBS - Anthem vs $502.40 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $62.59 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $70.99 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $70.99 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $92.21 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $92.21 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $92.21 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $125.60 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $157.00 ↓ -23%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $163.28 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $169.56 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|Options PPO $178.99 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|Navigate $178.99 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|PPO $178.99 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|HMO $178.99 ↓ -13%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $197.35 ↓ -4%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +6%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $217.73 ↑ +6%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +6%
United Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +6%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +6%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +6%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $217.73 ↑ +6%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $250.39 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $272.16 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $272.16 ↑ +33%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $272.16 ↑ +33%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $272.16 ↑ +33%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $272.16 ↑ +33%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $272.16 ↑ +33%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $288.88 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $333.06 ↑ +63%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $351.68 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $376.80 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $389.36 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $408.20 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $439.44 ↑ +115%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $471.00 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $502.40 ↑ +145%

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Compatibility test incubate at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $15.33 $9.45 – $84.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $63.45 $83.00 – $166.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $62.76 $66.09 – $166.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $86.80 $15.20 – $121.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $44.99 $32.13 – $153.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $84.98 $47.85 – $181.50
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $155.40 $1.60 – $405.38
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $93.74 $50.07 – $348.37

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