#fecal-sodium 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

$37.17

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.

$114.00

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.

$1.51 with Blue Shield CA vs $21.60 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1.51 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $1.88 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2.03 ↓ -95%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $3.46 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4.21 ↓ -89%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $4.32 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $4.32 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $4.32 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $4.51 ↓ -88%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $4.66 ↓ -87%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $4.86 ↓ -87%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4.86 ↓ -87%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $4.86 ↓ -87%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $4.86 ↓ -87%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.86 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4.86 ↓ -87%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $4.86 ↓ -87%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $4.86 ↓ -87%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $4.86 ↓ -87%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4.89 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $5.30 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $5.30 ↓ -86%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $5.31 ↓ -86%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $5.31 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.40 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $5.59 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $5.62 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $5.62 ↓ -85%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $5.64 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Navigate $5.83 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|PPO $5.83 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|HMO $5.83 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.83 ↓ -84%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6.01 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $6.05 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $6.08 ↓ -84%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $6.08 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $6.08 ↓ -84%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $6.08 ↓ -84%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.08 ↓ -84%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $6.08 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $6.16 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $6.48 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $6.48 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7.51 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7.51 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7.51 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7.51 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $10.84 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $10.84 ↓ -71%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $18.27 ↓ -51%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $21.60 ↓ -42%

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#fecal-sodium at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.15 $1.44 – $12.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $5.01 $0.97 – $7.76
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $26.86 $4.76 – $39.51
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $9.42 $3.88 – $12.53
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $47.29 $4.32 – $11.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $8.63 $3.18 – $14.73
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $35.25 $4.32 – $13.97
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $34.87 $4.32 – $13.97

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