Methotrexate therapeutic drug level 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

$26.08

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.

$80.00

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.

$16.00 with Blue Shield CA vs $154.30 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 $16.00 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $20.00 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $21.60 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $30.86 ↑ +18%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $30.86 ↑ +18%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $30.86 ↑ +18%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $36.80 ↑ +41%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $37.83 ↑ +45%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $37.83 ↑ +45%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $37.96 ↑ +46%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $37.96 ↑ +46%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $38.57 ↑ +48%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $38.57 ↑ +48%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $38.57 ↑ +48%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $38.57 ↑ +48%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $38.57 ↑ +48%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $38.57 ↑ +48%
United Medicare|All Plans $38.57 ↑ +48%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $38.57 ↑ +48%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $38.57 ↑ +48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $38.58 ↑ +48%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $40.12 ↑ +54%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $40.12 ↑ +54%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $43.20 ↑ +66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $44.36 ↑ +70%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $44.80 ↑ +72%
United Commercial|Navigate $46.28 ↑ +77%
United Commercial|PPO $46.28 ↑ +77%
United Commercial|Options PPO $46.28 ↑ +77%
United Commercial|HMO $46.28 ↑ +77%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $46.29 ↑ +77%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $46.29 ↑ +77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $48.00 ↑ +84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $48.21 ↑ +85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $48.21 ↑ +85%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $48.21 ↑ +85%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $48.21 ↑ +85%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $48.21 ↑ +85%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $48.21 ↑ +85%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $49.60 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $52.00 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $60.00 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $64.00 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $65.60 ↑ +152%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $80.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $80.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $80.00 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $80.00 ↑ +207%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $86.02 ↑ +230%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $86.02 ↑ +230%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $130.54 ↑ +401%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $154.30 ↑ +492%

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Methotrexate therapeutic drug level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13.92 $8.58 – $102.34
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $99.45 $37.80 – $106.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $13.60 $15.89 – $99.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12.46 $8.58 – $116.83
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11.79 $15.89 – $110.83
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11.66 $15.89 – $110.83
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $110.67 $38.57 – $135.01
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $94.86 $38.57 – $255.18

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