Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp 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

$91.28

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.

$280.00

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.

$29.60 with United vs $224.00 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
United Commercial|Navigate $29.60 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|Options PPO $29.60 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|PPO $29.60 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|HMO $29.60 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $29.63 ↓ -68%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $29.63 ↓ -68%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $29.63 ↓ -68%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $31.12 ↓ -66%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
United Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $31.12 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $31.32 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $35.79 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $36.33 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $36.33 ↓ -60%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $36.44 ↓ -60%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $36.44 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $37.04 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $38.52 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $38.52 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $38.90 ↓ -57%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $38.90 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $38.90 ↓ -57%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $38.90 ↓ -57%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $38.90 ↓ -57%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $38.90 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $41.48 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $44.45 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $44.45 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $47.97 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $63.29 ↓ -31%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $70.00 ↓ -23%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $87.39 ↓ -4%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $110.38 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $110.38 ↑ +21%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $128.80 ↑ +41%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $133.29 ↑ +46%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $133.29 ↑ +46%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $133.29 ↑ +46%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $148.15 ↑ +62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $156.80 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $168.00 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $173.60 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $182.00 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $210.00 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $224.00 ↑ +145%

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Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $51.00 $38.98 – $45.98
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $41.69 $11.65 – $44.10
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $36.73 $24.00 – $142.22
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $36.34 $24.00 – $142.22
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $105.06 $41.07 – $53.48
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $185.13 $37.20 – $60.64
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $45.92 $8.05 – $64.34
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $115.26 $60.79 – $60.79

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