Cystine urine quantitative 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

$19.53

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.

$59.88

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.

$8.23 with Blue Shield CA vs $131.70 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 $8.23 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $10.29 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11.11 ↓ -43%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $18.93 ↓ -3%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $22.98 ↑ +18%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $22.98 ↑ +18%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↑ +18%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $22.98 ↑ +18%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $22.98 ↑ +18%
United Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↑ +18%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↑ +18%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↑ +18%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $22.98 ↑ +18%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $23.04 ↑ +18%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $24.69 ↑ +26%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $25.51 ↑ +31%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $26.34 ↑ +35%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $26.34 ↑ +35%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $26.34 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $26.43 ↑ +35%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $26.75 ↑ +37%
United Commercial|HMO $27.58 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|Options PPO $27.58 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|Navigate $27.58 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|PPO $27.58 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $28.20 ↑ +44%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $28.73 ↑ +47%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $28.73 ↑ +47%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $28.73 ↑ +47%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $28.73 ↑ +47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $28.73 ↑ +47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $28.73 ↑ +47%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $30.86 ↑ +58%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $32.29 ↑ +65%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $32.29 ↑ +65%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $32.40 ↑ +66%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $32.40 ↑ +66%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $32.92 ↑ +69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $33.74 ↑ +73%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $34.25 ↑ +75%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $34.25 ↑ +75%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $36.88 ↑ +89%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $39.51 ↑ +102%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $39.51 ↑ +102%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $41.14 ↑ +111%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $41.14 ↑ +111%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $41.14 ↑ +111%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $41.14 ↑ +111%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $51.26 ↑ +162%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $51.26 ↑ +162%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $77.66 ↑ +298%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $131.70 ↑ +574%

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Cystine urine quantitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $40.06 $4.60 – $39.77
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $61.53 $20.57 – $59.22
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $39.89 $22.98 – $58.69
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $56.35 $11.11 – $69.62
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $22.22 $20.57 – $66.05
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $21.98 $20.57 – $66.05
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $34.20 $4.12 – $32.92
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $17.61 $8.64 – $41.14

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