Ghs urine, porphyrins quant 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

$8.48

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.

$26.00

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.

$4.80 with Blue Shield CA vs $93.80 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 $4.80 ↓ -43%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $6.00 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.48 ↓ -24%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $11.04 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $13.44 ↑ +58%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $14.40 ↑ +70%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $14.71 ↑ +73%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.71 ↑ +73%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $14.71 ↑ +73%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $14.71 ↑ +73%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $14.71 ↑ +73%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $14.71 ↑ +73%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $14.71 ↑ +73%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $14.71 ↑ +73%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $14.71 ↑ +73%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $14.88 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $15.60 ↑ +84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $16.92 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Navigate $17.65 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17.65 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|HMO $17.65 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|PPO $17.65 ↑ +108%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $18.00 ↑ +112%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $18.39 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $18.39 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $18.39 ↑ +117%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $18.39 ↑ +117%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $18.39 ↑ +117%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $18.39 ↑ +117%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $18.76 ↑ +121%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $18.76 ↑ +121%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $18.76 ↑ +121%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19.20 ↑ +126%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $19.68 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $22.80 ↑ +169%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $23.00 ↑ +171%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $23.00 ↑ +171%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $23.07 ↑ +172%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $23.07 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $24.00 ↑ +183%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.00 ↑ +183%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $24.00 ↑ +183%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $24.00 ↑ +183%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $24.00 ↑ +183%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $24.39 ↑ +188%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $24.39 ↑ +188%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $28.14 ↑ +232%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $28.14 ↑ +232%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $32.80 ↑ +287%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $32.80 ↑ +287%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $55.33 ↑ +552%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $93.80 ↑ +1006%

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Ghs urine, porphyrins quant at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $11.39 $6.48 – $39.02
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7.51 $2.94 – $21.58
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $66.94 $14.42 – $120.08
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $11.13 $12.00 – $37.90
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $15.99 $13.00 – $23.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $10.20 $6.48 – $44.55
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $9.65 $8.50 – $42.26
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $9.55 $8.50 – $42.26

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