Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe hsv-1 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

$20.87

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.

$64.00

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.

$10.00 with Blue Shield CA vs $176.15 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 $10.00 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $12.50 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $13.50 ↓ -35%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $23.00 ↑ +10%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $28.00 ↑ +34%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $30.00 ↑ +44%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $31.00 ↑ +49%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $32.50 ↑ +56%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $35.09 ↑ +68%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +68%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +68%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +68%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +68%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +68%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $35.09 ↑ +68%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +68%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +68%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $35.23 ↑ +69%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $35.23 ↑ +69%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $35.23 ↑ +69%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $37.50 ↑ +80%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↑ +92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $40.35 ↑ +93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $41.00 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|HMO $42.11 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|Options PPO $42.11 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|Navigate $42.11 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|PPO $42.11 ↑ +102%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $43.19 ↑ +107%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $43.19 ↑ +107%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $43.33 ↑ +108%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $43.33 ↑ +108%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $43.86 ↑ +110%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $43.86 ↑ +110%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $43.86 ↑ +110%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $43.86 ↑ +110%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $43.86 ↑ +110%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $43.86 ↑ +110%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $45.80 ↑ +119%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $45.80 ↑ +119%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $49.32 ↑ +136%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $50.00 ↑ +140%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $50.00 ↑ +140%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $50.00 ↑ +140%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $50.00 ↑ +140%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $50.00 ↑ +140%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $52.84 ↑ +153%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $52.84 ↑ +153%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $78.26 ↑ +275%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $78.26 ↑ +275%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $103.89 ↑ +398%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $176.15 ↑ +744%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe hsv-1 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $21.90 $13.50 – $93.11
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $20.09 $7.02 – $40.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $72.68 $34.39 – $277.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $27.40 $25.00 – $90.42
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $58.43 $27.07 – $49.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $25.09 $13.50 – $106.29
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $32.28 $25.00 – $100.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $31.93 $25.00 – $100.84

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