Pretreat rbc absorption reference 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

$150.62

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.

$462.00

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.

$25.00 with Blue Shield CA vs $143.20 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 $25.00 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $28.64 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $28.64 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $28.64 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $31.25 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $33.75 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $35.11 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $35.11 ↓ -77%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $35.23 ↓ -77%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $35.23 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $35.80 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $37.24 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $37.24 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $40.10 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|PPO $40.61 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Options PPO $40.61 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|HMO $40.61 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Navigate $40.61 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $42.62 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $42.96 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $42.96 ↓ -71%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $57.50 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $70.00 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $75.00 ↓ -50%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -50%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $75.47 ↓ -50%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -50%
United Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -50%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -50%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -50%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $75.47 ↓ -50%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -50%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $77.50 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $78.71 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $78.71 ↓ -48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $81.25 ↓ -46%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $84.47 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $86.79 ↓ -42%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $93.75 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $94.34 ↓ -37%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $94.34 ↓ -37%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $94.34 ↓ -37%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $94.34 ↓ -37%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $94.34 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $94.34 ↓ -37%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $102.50 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $102.64 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $102.64 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $102.64 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $125.00 ↓ -17%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $143.20 ↓ -5%

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Pretreat rbc absorption reference at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $69.21 $35.37 – $102.18
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $144.60 $11.88 – $220.19
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $219.30 $66.86 – $146.90
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $70.79 $28.64 – $162.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $110.15 $21.74 – $82.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $64.83 $28.64 – $162.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $58.44 $28.06 – $101.42
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $57.81 $28.06 – $101.42

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