Deep muscle biopsy 20205 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

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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.

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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.

$195.57 with BCBS - Anthem vs $7,079.00 with Health Net — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $195.57
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $197.32
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $197.32
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $197.32
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $241.91
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $241.91
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $256.52
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $256.52
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $276.25
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $295.98
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $295.98
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $353.79
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $353.79
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $834.66
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $986.60
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,968.00
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $3,241.98
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $3,636.52
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,636.52
United Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52
DHR Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $3,636.52
MHN Commercial|All Plans $3,636.52
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,179.00
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $4,182.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $4,545.65
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $4,545.65
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,545.65
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $4,545.65
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $4,545.65
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $4,545.65
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5,220.00
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,748.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $7,079.00
United Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
HPN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Navigate not published by hospital
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Health Net Medicaid|DHR not published by hospital
SCAN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital

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Deep muscle biopsy 20205 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,874.45 $125.17 – $6,581.68
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $273.73 $106.33 – $402.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,186.96 $125.17 – $7,735.14
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $4,093.44 $3,175.56 – $7,908.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,276.05 $1,747.00 – $6,911.51
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $2,547.84 $3,175.56 – $6,911.51
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $5,081.76 $3,175.56 – $7,602.00
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $7,548.80 $1,746.72 – $10,103.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →