Ethylene glycol -sendout 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

$10.35

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.

$31.72

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.

$6.35 with Blue Shield CA vs $95.05 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6.35 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $7.93 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8.57 ↓ -17%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $14.60 ↑ +41%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +44%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +44%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $14.90 ↑ +44%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +44%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +44%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +44%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $14.90 ↑ +44%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +44%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $17.14 ↑ +66%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $17.77 ↑ +72%
United Commercial|Navigate $17.88 ↑ +73%
United Commercial|HMO $17.88 ↑ +73%
United Commercial|PPO $17.88 ↑ +73%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17.88 ↑ +73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $18.63 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $18.63 ↑ +80%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $18.63 ↑ +80%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $18.63 ↑ +80%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $18.63 ↑ +80%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $18.63 ↑ +80%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $19.01 ↑ +84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $19.01 ↑ +84%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $19.01 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $19.04 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $19.67 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $20.62 ↑ +99%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $23.31 ↑ +125%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $23.31 ↑ +125%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $23.38 ↑ +126%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $23.38 ↑ +126%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $23.79 ↑ +130%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $24.72 ↑ +139%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $24.72 ↑ +139%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $24.95 ↑ +141%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $25.38 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $26.02 ↑ +151%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $26.61 ↑ +157%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $28.52 ↑ +176%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $28.52 ↑ +176%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $31.72 ↑ +206%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $31.72 ↑ +206%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $31.72 ↑ +206%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $31.72 ↑ +206%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $33.25 ↑ +221%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $33.25 ↑ +221%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $56.05 ↑ +442%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $95.05 ↑ +818%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13.90 $8.57 – $39.55
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $27.54 $2.98 – $42.68
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $51.00 $14.60 – $120.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $21.13 $14.90 – $31.09
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11.77 $14.90 – $42.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11.65 $14.90 – $42.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $51.00 $14.90 – $151.75
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $51.00 $14.90 – $172.09

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