Culture bact stool aero addl path ea 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

$149.96

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.

$460.00

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.

$2.61 with HCLA vs $368.00 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $2.61 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $2.61 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $2.61 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $3.20 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $3.20 ↓ -98%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $3.21 ↓ -98%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $3.21 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $3.27 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $3.40 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $3.40 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $3.65 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $3.92 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $3.92 ↓ -97%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -94%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $9.44 ↓ -94%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -94%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -94%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $9.44 ↓ -94%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $10.86 ↓ -93%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $11.04 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11.33 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|PPO $11.33 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Navigate $11.33 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $11.33 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $11.80 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $11.80 ↓ -92%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $11.80 ↓ -92%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $11.80 ↓ -92%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $11.80 ↓ -92%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $11.80 ↓ -92%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $13.05 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $21.07 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.07 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $21.81 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $28.77 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $47.67 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $47.67 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $47.67 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $92.00 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $115.00 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $124.20 ↓ -17%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $211.60 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $257.60 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $276.00 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $285.20 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $299.00 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $345.00 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $368.00 ↑ +145%

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Culture bact stool aero addl path ea at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $22.34 $3.95 – $39.78
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $16.18 $1.64 – $4.31
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $159.12 $9.25 – $19.23
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $65.92 $2.61 – $24.34
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $55.95 $2.61 – $19.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $60.37 $2.61 – $28.61
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $13.11 $2.61 – $27.14
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12.96 $2.61 – $27.14

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