Pr incision & drainage abscess simple/single 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

$266.02

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.

$816.00

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.

$76.10 with BCBS - Anthem vs $4,386.00 with Health Net — 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 $76.10 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $76.77 ↓ -71%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $76.77 ↓ -71%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $76.77 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $94.12 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $94.12 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $99.81 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $99.81 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $107.48 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $115.16 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $115.16 ↓ -57%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $137.65 ↓ -48%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $137.65 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $204.00 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $226.63 ↓ -15%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↓ -5%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $252.47 ↓ -5%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $252.47 ↓ -5%
United Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↓ -5%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↓ -5%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $252.47 ↓ -5%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $252.47 ↓ -5%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $290.34 ↑ +9%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $315.59 ↑ +19%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $315.59 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $315.59 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $315.59 ↑ +19%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $315.59 ↑ +19%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $315.59 ↑ +19%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $324.74 ↑ +22%
Alhambra Medicaid|> 21 $326.40 ↑ +23%
Alhambra Medicaid|< 21 $326.40 ↑ +23%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $383.85 ↑ +44%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $440.64 ↑ +66%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $448.80 ↑ +69%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $456.96 ↑ +72%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $489.60 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $489.60 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $505.92 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $530.40 ↑ +99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $599.00 ↑ +125%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $612.00 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|PPO $620.16 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $652.80 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|Options PPO $734.40 ↑ +176%
United Commercial|HMO $767.04 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|Navigate $816.00 ↑ +207%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $844.00 ↑ +217%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,233.00 ↑ +1115%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,182.00 ↑ +1472%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,386.00 ↑ +1549%

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Pr incision & drainage abscess simple/single at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $183.43 $59.90 – $453.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $851.19 $270.38 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $323.57 $48.70 – $740.88
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $179.16 $48.70 – $251.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $305.37 $48.70 – $763.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $247.83 $48.70 – $534.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $245.16 $48.70 – $464.52
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,554.48 $284.87 – $6,200.00

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