Laparoscopy excise lesions 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

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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.

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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.

$548.05 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,266.43 with HCLA — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $548.05
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $552.90
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $552.90
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $552.90
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $677.86
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $677.86
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $718.77
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $718.77
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $774.06
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $829.35
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $829.35
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $991.35
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $991.35
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $2,338.77
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $2,764.50
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,717.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5,882.00
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $6,541.25
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,652.00
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $7,413.14
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $7,413.14
Humana Commercial|All Plans $7,413.14
United Medicare|All Plans $7,413.14
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $7,413.14
DHR Medicare|All Plans $7,413.14
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $7,413.14
MHN Commercial|All Plans $7,413.14
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7,604.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $7,979.00
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $8,525.11
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $9,266.42
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $9,266.42
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $9,266.43
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $9,266.43
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $9,266.43
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $9,266.43
United Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Navigate not published by hospital
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Health Net Medicaid|DHR not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
SCAN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan not published by hospital
HPN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital

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Laparoscopy excise lesions at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,236.10 $350.75 – $1,818.88
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,322.94 $5,021.00 – $8,145.41
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $431.42 – $13,082.50
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville not published $1,042.93 – $1,042.93
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $4,129.00 – $15,313.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $350.75 – $7,413.14
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $350.75 – $7,413.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $350.75 – $7,413.14

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