Cytopath smear other source 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

$110.84

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.

$340.00

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.

$59.71 with United vs $349.30 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
United Commercial|HMO $59.71 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Navigate $59.71 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|PPO $59.71 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Options PPO $59.71 ↓ -46%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $62.93 ↓ -43%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $67.89 ↓ -39%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $67.89 ↓ -39%
United Medicare|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -39%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -39%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -39%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -39%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -39%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $67.89 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $69.86 ↓ -37%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $69.86 ↓ -37%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $69.86 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $78.07 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $84.86 ↓ -23%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $84.86 ↓ -23%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $84.86 ↓ -23%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $84.86 ↓ -23%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $84.86 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $84.86 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $85.00 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $85.65 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $85.65 ↓ -23%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $85.93 ↓ -22%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $85.93 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $90.82 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $90.82 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $95.44 ↓ -14%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $97.80 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $104.79 ↓ -5%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $104.79 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $104.96 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $125.93 ↑ +14%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $156.40 ↑ +41%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $169.80 ↑ +53%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $169.80 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $179.39 ↑ +62%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $179.39 ↑ +62%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $179.39 ↑ +62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $190.40 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $204.00 ↑ +84%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $206.00 ↑ +86%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $210.80 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $221.00 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $255.00 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $272.00 ↑ +145%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $349.30 ↑ +215%

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Cytopath smear other source at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $102.51 $70.23 – $98.94
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $66.06 $25.66 – $97.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $56.40 $38.00 – $218.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $55.79 $38.00 – $218.80
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $230.52 $73.99 – $106.40
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $82.11 $67.02 – $120.66
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $73.07 $12.80 – $102.37
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $324.87 $120.94 – $120.94

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