Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$89.33
Cash price 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.
$274.00
Gross charge 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.
$12.99 with Health Net vs $185.20 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $12.99 | ↓ -85% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $23.90 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $29.09 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $31.17 | ↓ -65% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $32.21 | ↓ -64% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $33.77 | ↓ -62% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $37.04 | ↓ -59% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $37.04 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $37.04 | ↓ -59% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $38.96 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $40.61 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $40.61 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $40.61 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $40.61 | ↓ -55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $41.56 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $42.60 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $42.62 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.41 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.41 | ↓ -49% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.56 | ↓ -49% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.56 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $46.30 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $48.16 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $48.16 | ↓ -46% |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -44% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -44% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -44% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -44% |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -44% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $49.87 | ↓ -44% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $49.87 | ↓ -44% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.86 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $51.94 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $51.94 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $51.94 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $51.94 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $55.56 | ↓ -38% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $55.56 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $57.35 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $62.34 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $62.34 | ↓ -30% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $62.34 | ↓ -30% |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $62.34 | ↓ -30% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $62.34 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $62.34 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $91.06 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $91.06 | ↑ +2% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $109.22 | ↑ +22% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $185.20 | ↑ +107% |
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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $67.46 | $40.61 – $120.12 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $20.50 | $7.85 – $42.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $206.04 | $50.33 – $66.86 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $19.38 | $22.63 – $105.20 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $37.21 | $11.39 – $43.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $17.75 | $12.23 – $123.68 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $43.78 | $32.50 – $117.33 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $43.31 | $32.50 – $117.33 |