Enzyme histochemistry 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

$789.25

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.

$2,421.00

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.

$17.99 with Health Net vs $1,037.95 with United — 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 $17.99 ↓ -98%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $33.10 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $40.29 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $43.17 ↓ -95%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $44.61 ↓ -94%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $46.77 ↓ -94%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $53.96 ↓ -93%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $57.56 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $59.00 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $71.94 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Options PPO $71.94 ↓ -91%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $71.94 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $71.94 ↓ -91%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $71.94 ↓ -91%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $71.94 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $71.94 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $71.94 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $71.94 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $71.94 ↓ -91%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $71.94 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $71.94 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $71.94 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $71.94 ↓ -91%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $71.94 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $71.94 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $71.94 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $71.94 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $71.94 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Navigate $71.94 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|PPO $71.94 ↓ -91%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $71.94 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $82.74 ↓ -90%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $89.93 ↓ -89%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $89.93 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $89.93 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $89.93 ↓ -89%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $89.93 ↓ -89%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $89.93 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $93.53 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $93.53 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $107.91 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $107.91 ↓ -86%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $121.35 ↓ -85%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $121.35 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $257.02 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $257.02 ↓ -67%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $290.94 ↓ -63%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $493.30 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $974.52 ↑ +23%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,037.95 ↑ +32%

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Enzyme histochemistry at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,351.50 $58.53 – $1,256.40
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $34.99 $29.79 – $296.94
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $32.05 $16.09 – $349.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $229.97 $59.43 – $331.18
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $227.49 $59.43 – $331.18
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,770.21 $73.97 – $1,256.40
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $993.99 $83.88 – $1,256.40
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $67.87 $11.89 – $95.09

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