Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step helicobacter pylori stool 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

$5.55

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.

$17.00

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.

$3.40 with Blue Shield CA vs $63.95 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 $3.40 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $4.25 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.59 ↓ -17%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $7.82 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9.52 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $10.20 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $10.54 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11.05 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $12.75 ↑ +130%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $12.79 ↑ +130%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $12.79 ↑ +130%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $12.79 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13.60 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $13.94 ↑ +151%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $14.38 ↑ +159%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $14.38 ↑ +159%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $14.38 ↑ +159%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $14.38 ↑ +159%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.38 ↑ +159%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $14.38 ↑ +159%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $14.38 ↑ +159%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $14.38 ↑ +159%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $14.38 ↑ +159%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $15.68 ↑ +183%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $15.68 ↑ +183%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $15.73 ↑ +183%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $15.73 ↑ +183%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $15.99 ↑ +188%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $16.54 ↑ +198%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $16.63 ↑ +200%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $16.63 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17.00 ↑ +206%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.00 ↑ +206%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17.00 ↑ +206%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $17.00 ↑ +206%
United Commercial|Navigate $17.00 ↑ +206%
United Commercial|PPO $17.00 ↑ +206%
United Commercial|HMO $17.00 ↑ +206%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17.00 ↑ +206%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $17.00 ↑ +206%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $17.98 ↑ +224%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $17.98 ↑ +224%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $17.98 ↑ +224%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $17.98 ↑ +224%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $17.98 ↑ +224%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $17.98 ↑ +224%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $19.18 ↑ +246%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $19.18 ↑ +246%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $32.08 ↑ +478%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $32.08 ↑ +478%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $54.10 ↑ +875%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $63.95 ↑ +1052%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step helicobacter pylori stool at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $7.45 $4.59 – $38.17
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $15.62 $2.88 – $27.16
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $73.95 $14.09 – $130.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7.28 $8.50 – $37.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $23.95 $9.21 – $16.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6.67 $4.59 – $43.57
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $41.19 $8.50 – $41.34
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $40.74 $8.50 – $41.34

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