Microbe susceptible mlc 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

$15.46

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.

$47.41

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.

$9.49 with Blue Shield CA vs $89.58 with Cigna — 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 $9.49 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $11.86 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12.81 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $16.18 ↑ +5%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $16.18 ↑ +5%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $16.18 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $17.13 ↑ +11%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $19.84 ↑ +28%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $19.84 ↑ +28%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $19.90 ↑ +29%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $19.90 ↑ +29%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $21.04 ↑ +36%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $21.04 ↑ +36%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $21.81 ↑ +41%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $22.65 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $24.27 ↑ +57%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $24.27 ↑ +57%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $26.55 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $28.45 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $29.40 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $30.82 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $35.56 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $37.93 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $38.88 ↑ +151%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +160%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $40.17 ↑ +160%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +160%
United Medicare|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +160%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +160%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +160%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +160%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $40.17 ↑ +160%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $40.17 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $46.20 ↑ +199%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $47.41 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $47.41 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $47.41 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|Options PPO $47.41 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|HMO $47.41 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|PPO $47.41 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|Navigate $47.41 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $47.41 ↑ +207%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $47.71 ↑ +209%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $50.21 ↑ +225%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $50.21 ↑ +225%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $50.21 ↑ +225%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $50.21 ↑ +225%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $50.21 ↑ +225%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $50.21 ↑ +225%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $80.90 ↑ +423%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $89.58 ↑ +479%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $89.58 ↑ +479%

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Microbe susceptible mlc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $20.30 $16.18 – $103.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $18.59 $12.81 – $121.67
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $36.89 $11.28 – $46.47
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $21.34 $16.18 – $359.69
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $20.39 $11.86 – $80.90
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $18.54 $9.49 – $115.22
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $24.04 $11.28 – $46.47
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $15.79 $12.33 – $115.22

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