External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells 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

$57.05

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.

$175.00

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.

$12.50 with Health Net vs $714.60 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 $12.50 ↓ -78%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $23.00 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $28.00 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $30.00 ↓ -47%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $31.00 ↓ -46%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $32.50 ↓ -43%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $37.50 ↓ -34%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $41.00 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|HMO $50.00 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|Options PPO $50.00 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $50.00 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $50.00 ↓ -12%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $50.00 ↓ -12%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $50.00 ↓ -12%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -12%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $50.00 ↓ -12%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $50.00 ↓ -12%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $50.00 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $50.00 ↓ -12%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -12%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -12%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $50.00 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $50.00 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $50.00 ↓ -12%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|Navigate $50.00 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|PPO $50.00 ↓ -12%
United Medicare|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $57.50 ↑ +1%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $62.50 ↑ +10%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $62.50 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $62.50 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $62.50 ↑ +10%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $62.50 ↑ +10%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $62.50 ↑ +10%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $65.00 ↑ +14%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $65.00 ↑ +14%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $75.00 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $75.00 ↑ +31%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $175.79 ↑ +208%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $175.79 ↑ +208%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $211.50 ↑ +271%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $320.59 ↑ +462%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $320.59 ↑ +462%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $714.60 ↑ +1153%

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External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $76.65 $25.65 – $381.42
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $239.52 $28.75 – $249.29
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $156.22 $47.50 – $370.40
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $116.55 $48.72 – $90.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $143.08 $25.65 – $435.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $87.13 $45.00 – $413.10
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $86.19 $45.00 – $413.10
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $134.10 $9.50 – $76.00

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