Ghs protoporphyrins fract at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$17.25
Cash price 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.
$52.91
Gross charge 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.
$3.20 with Blue Shield CA vs $91.45 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3.20 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $4.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.32 | ↓ -75% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $7.36 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8.96 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $9.60 | ↓ -44% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $9.92 | ↓ -42% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $12.00 | ↓ -30% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $12.80 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $13.12 | ↓ -24% |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $14.35 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $14.35 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $14.35 | ↓ -17% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $14.35 | ↓ -17% |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $14.35 | ↓ -17% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $14.35 | ↓ -17% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $14.35 | ↓ -17% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $14.35 | ↓ -17% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $14.35 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $16.00 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $16.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $16.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16.00 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $16.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.00 | ↓ -7% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $16.00 | ↓ -7% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $16.00 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.00 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $16.00 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $16.00 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $16.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $16.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $16.00 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $16.50 | ↓ -4% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $17.94 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $17.94 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $17.94 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $17.94 | ↑ +4% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $17.94 | ↑ +4% |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17.94 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $20.80 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $20.80 | ↑ +21% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.50 | ↑ +30% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.50 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.00 | ↑ +39% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.00 | ↑ +39% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $32.01 | ↑ +86% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32.01 | ↑ +86% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $53.93 | ↑ +213% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $91.45 | ↑ +430% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ghs protoporphyrins fract at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $38.19 | $2.87 – $59.17 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $22.65 | $5.45 – $36.98 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $35.24 | $14.35 – $35.17 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $20.75 | $2.95 – $43.48 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $19.63 | $8.00 – $41.25 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $19.42 | $8.00 – $41.25 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $30.22 | $1.60 – $12.80 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $15.56 | $3.36 – $16.00 |