Homovanillic acid (hva) at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$4.85
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.
$14.85
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.
$2.94 with Blue Shield CA vs $81.75 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 |
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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2.94 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $3.68 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.97 | ↓ -18% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $6.77 | ↑ +40% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8.24 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $8.82 | ↑ +82% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $9.12 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9.56 | ↑ +97% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $11.03 | ↑ +127% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11.76 | ↑ +142% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $12.06 | ↑ +149% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.25 | ↑ +194% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Other Plans | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| DHR | Medicare|All Plans | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| CareMore | Medicare|All Plans | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| US Behavioral Health | Medicare|All Plans | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14.70 | ↑ +203% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Alhambra Senior | $16.91 | ↑ +249% |
| HCLA | Commercial|Preferred IPA | $18.38 | ↑ +279% |
| Health Net | Commercial|HCLA | $18.38 | ↑ +279% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Alhambra | $18.38 | ↑ +279% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|HCLA | $18.38 | ↑ +279% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $18.38 | ↑ +279% |
| HCLA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.38 | ↑ +279% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $19.11 | ↑ +294% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $19.11 | ↑ +294% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.11 | ↑ +315% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.11 | ↑ +315% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.05 | ↑ +355% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.05 | ↑ +355% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.22 | ↑ +894% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $49.99 | ↑ +931% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $49.99 | ↑ +931% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $81.75 | ↑ +1586% |
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Homovanillic acid (hva) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6.44 | $3.97 – $59.47 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $10.64 | $4.48 – $18.81 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $6.63 | $21.96 – $134.04 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6.36 | $7.35 – $57.76 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5.83 | $3.97 – $67.90 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5.51 | $7.35 – $64.41 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5.45 | $7.35 – $64.41 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6.63 | $22.41 – $169.39 |