Mayo repu protein electrophoresis urine 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

$5.44

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.

$16.66

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.

$1.97 with Blue Shield CA vs $79.25 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 $1.97 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $2.47 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2.66 ↓ -51%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $4.54 ↓ -17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5.52 ↑ +1%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $5.91 ↑ +9%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $6.11 ↑ +12%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6.41 ↑ +18%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $7.39 ↑ +36%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7.88 ↑ +45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $8.08 ↑ +49%
United Commercial|HMO $9.85 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9.85 ↑ +81%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +81%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $9.85 ↑ +81%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $9.85 ↑ +81%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $9.85 ↑ +81%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +81%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $9.85 ↑ +81%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +81%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $9.85 ↑ +81%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $9.85 ↑ +81%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $9.85 ↑ +81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9.85 ↑ +81%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +81%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +81%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.85 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9.85 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9.85 ↑ +81%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Navigate $9.85 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|PPO $9.85 ↑ +81%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $11.33 ↑ +108%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $12.32 ↑ +126%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $12.32 ↑ +126%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $12.32 ↑ +126%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $12.32 ↑ +126%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $12.32 ↑ +126%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $12.32 ↑ +126%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $12.81 ↑ +135%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $12.81 ↑ +135%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $14.78 ↑ +172%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $14.78 ↑ +172%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $19.50 ↑ +258%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $19.50 ↑ +258%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $39.77 ↑ +631%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $39.77 ↑ +631%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $41.67 ↑ +666%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $79.25 ↑ +1357%

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Mayo repu protein electrophoresis urine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $98.55 $4.50 – $47.31
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $13.15 $3.57 – $26.15
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $103.02 $17.47 – $142.61
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $29.75 $4.93 – $45.94
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $29.70 $2.55 – $9.85
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $27.25 $2.66 – $54.01
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $8.54 $4.93 – $51.24
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6.12 $4.93 – $51.24

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