Lead capillary 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

$3.76

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.

$11.52

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.

$1.00 with Blue Shield CA vs $76.25 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 $1.00 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $1.25 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1.35 ↓ -64%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $2.30 ↓ -39%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2.80 ↓ -26%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $3.00 ↓ -20%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $3.10 ↓ -18%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3.25 ↓ -14%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $3.75 ↓ -0%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4.00 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4.10 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|HMO $5.00 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.00 ↑ +33%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↑ +33%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $5.00 ↑ +33%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $5.00 ↑ +33%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $5.00 ↑ +33%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↑ +33%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $5.00 ↑ +33%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $5.00 ↑ +33%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $5.00 ↑ +33%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $5.00 ↑ +33%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $5.00 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.00 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5.00 ↑ +33%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↑ +33%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5.00 ↑ +33%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $5.00 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Navigate $5.00 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|PPO $5.00 ↑ +33%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $5.75 ↑ +53%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $6.25 ↑ +66%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $6.25 ↑ +66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $6.25 ↑ +66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $6.25 ↑ +66%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $6.25 ↑ +66%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.25 ↑ +66%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $6.50 ↑ +73%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $6.50 ↑ +73%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $7.50 ↑ +99%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $7.50 ↑ +99%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $18.76 ↑ +399%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $18.76 ↑ +399%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $21.15 ↑ +463%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $27.00 ↑ +618%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $27.00 ↑ +618%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $76.25 ↑ +1928%

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