Covid-19 lab test non-cdc 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

$57.05

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.

$175.00

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.

$9.80 with Blue Shield CA vs $256.55 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 $9.80 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $12.25 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $13.23 ↓ -77%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $22.54 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $27.44 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $29.40 ↓ -48%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $30.38 ↓ -47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $31.85 ↓ -44%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $36.75 ↓ -36%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $39.20 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $40.18 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $49.00 ↓ -14%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $49.00 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $49.00 ↓ -14%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -14%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $49.00 ↓ -14%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -14%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|Navigate $49.00 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|PPO $49.00 ↓ -14%
United Medicare|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|HMO $49.00 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|Options PPO $49.00 ↓ -14%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -14%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $49.00 ↓ -14%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -14%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -14%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $49.00 ↓ -14%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $49.00 ↓ -14%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $49.00 ↓ -14%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $56.35 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $61.25 ↑ +7%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $61.25 ↑ +7%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $61.25 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $61.25 ↑ +7%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $61.25 ↑ +7%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $61.25 ↑ +7%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $63.11 ↑ +11%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $63.11 ↑ +11%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $63.70 ↑ +12%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $63.70 ↑ +12%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $73.50 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $73.50 ↑ +29%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $207.27 ↑ +263%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $256.55 ↑ +350%

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Covid-19 lab test non-cdc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $43.80 $27.00 – $102.62
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.80 $50.00 – $98.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $102.57 $51.31 – $150.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $39.20 $27.00 – $98.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $65.30 $34.50 – $69.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $64.60 $34.50 – $69.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $103.93 $6.90 – $55.20
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $48.51 $14.49 – $69.00

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