H pylori (c-13) breath 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

$20.09

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.

$61.60

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.

$12.32 with Blue Shield CA vs $429.45 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.

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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 $12.32 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $15.40 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $16.64 ↓ -17%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $28.34 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $34.50 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $36.96 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $38.20 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $40.04 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $46.20 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $49.28 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $50.52 ↑ +151%
United Commercial|HMO $61.60 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|Options PPO $61.60 ↑ +207%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $61.60 ↑ +207%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $61.60 ↑ +207%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $61.60 ↑ +207%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $61.60 ↑ +207%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $61.60 ↑ +207%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $61.60 ↑ +207%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $61.60 ↑ +207%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $61.60 ↑ +207%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $61.60 ↑ +207%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $61.60 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $61.60 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $61.60 ↑ +207%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $61.60 ↑ +207%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $61.60 ↑ +207%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $61.60 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $61.60 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $61.60 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $61.60 ↑ +207%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $61.60 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|Navigate $61.60 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|PPO $61.60 ↑ +207%
United Medicare|All Plans $61.60 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $70.84 ↑ +253%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $77.00 ↑ +283%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $77.00 ↑ +283%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $77.00 ↑ +283%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $77.00 ↑ +283%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $77.00 ↑ +283%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $77.00 ↑ +283%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $80.08 ↑ +299%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $80.08 ↑ +299%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $92.40 ↑ +360%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $92.40 ↑ +360%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $105.64 ↑ +426%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $105.64 ↑ +426%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $150.21 ↑ +648%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $150.21 ↑ +648%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $253.29 ↑ +1161%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $429.45 ↑ +2038%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $28.04 $16.64 – $178.71
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $403.41 $66.01 – $522.20
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