Ghs acetylcholinesterase, rbc 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

$4.89

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.

$14.99

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.

$2.65 with Blue Shield CA vs $56.25 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 $2.65 ↓ -46%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $3.32 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3.58 ↓ -27%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $6.10 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.42 ↑ +52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $7.95 ↑ +63%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $8.22 ↑ +68%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8.62 ↑ +76%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $9.81 ↑ +101%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $9.81 ↑ +101%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $9.81 ↑ +101%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.81 ↑ +101%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $9.81 ↑ +101%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $9.81 ↑ +101%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $9.81 ↑ +101%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $9.81 ↑ +101%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $9.81 ↑ +101%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $9.94 ↑ +103%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10.60 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $10.87 ↑ +122%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $11.25 ↑ +130%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $11.25 ↑ +130%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $11.25 ↑ +130%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $11.28 ↑ +131%
United Commercial|Navigate $11.77 ↑ +141%
United Commercial|PPO $11.77 ↑ +141%
United Commercial|HMO $11.77 ↑ +141%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11.77 ↑ +141%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $12.26 ↑ +151%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $12.26 ↑ +151%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $12.26 ↑ +151%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $12.26 ↑ +151%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $12.26 ↑ +151%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $12.26 ↑ +151%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $12.49 ↑ +155%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $13.25 ↑ +171%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.25 ↑ +171%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $13.25 ↑ +171%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $13.25 ↑ +171%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $13.25 ↑ +171%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $13.25 ↑ +171%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $13.25 ↑ +171%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $13.84 ↑ +183%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $13.84 ↑ +183%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $14.63 ↑ +199%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $14.63 ↑ +199%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $16.88 ↑ +245%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $16.88 ↑ +245%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $21.89 ↑ +348%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.89 ↑ +348%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $33.16 ↑ +578%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $56.25 ↑ +1050%

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Ghs acetylcholinesterase, rbc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.80 $3.58 – $26.04
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $5.63 $1.96 – $12.94
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6.42 $6.63 – $25.29
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5.88 $3.58 – $29.73
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5.57 $6.63 – $28.21
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5.51 $7.21 – $28.21
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $8.56 $1.45 – $11.53
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4.41 $3.03 – $14.41

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