Cytopath tbs c/v manual 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

$35.86

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.

$110.00

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.

$7.50 with Health Net vs $69.20 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
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $7.50 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $13.68 ↓ -62%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $13.80 ↓ -62%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $13.84 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $13.84 ↓ -61%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $13.84 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.80 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $16.97 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $16.97 ↓ -53%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $17.02 ↓ -53%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $17.02 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $17.31 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $18.00 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $18.00 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $18.00 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|Options PPO $18.18 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|HMO $18.18 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|PPO $18.18 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Navigate $18.18 ↓ -49%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↓ -49%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $18.19 ↓ -49%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $18.19 ↓ -49%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↓ -49%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↓ -49%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↓ -49%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $18.19 ↓ -49%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $18.19 ↓ -49%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $18.60 ↓ -48%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $19.38 ↓ -46%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $19.50 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $20.76 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $20.76 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $20.92 ↓ -42%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $22.50 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $22.74 ↓ -37%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $22.74 ↓ -37%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $22.74 ↓ -37%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $22.74 ↓ -37%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $22.74 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $22.74 ↓ -37%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $24.60 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $30.00 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $30.00 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $30.00 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.00 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $35.51 ↓ -1%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $35.51 ↓ -1%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $40.82 ↑ +14%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $69.20 ↑ +93%

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Cytopath tbs c/v manual at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $34.61 $18.18 – $61.62
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $17.81 $8.00 – $45.76
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $17.62 $8.00 – $45.76
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $14.41 $10.29 – $40.18
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $46.01 $7.50 – $69.20
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $43.80 $13.84 – $69.20
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $36.63 $9.00 – $69.20
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro $93.10 $18.54 – $36.38

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