Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs 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

$75.31

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.

$231.00

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.

$20.00 with Blue Shield CA vs $123.95 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 $20.00 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $24.79 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $24.79 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $24.79 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $25.00 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $27.00 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $30.39 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $30.39 ↓ -60%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $30.49 ↓ -60%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $30.49 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $30.99 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $32.23 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $32.23 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $34.71 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $37.19 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $37.19 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Options PPO $40.61 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Navigate $40.61 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|HMO $40.61 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|PPO $40.61 ↓ -46%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $42.62 ↓ -43%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $46.00 ↓ -39%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $56.00 ↓ -26%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $60.00 ↓ -20%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $62.00 ↓ -18%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $65.00 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $65.60 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $65.60 ↓ -13%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $73.09 ↓ -3%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $75.00 ↓ -0%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +0%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $75.47 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +0%
United Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +0%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +0%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +0%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $75.47 ↑ +0%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +0%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $80.00 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $82.00 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $86.30 ↑ +15%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $86.30 ↑ +15%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $86.30 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $86.79 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $94.34 ↑ +25%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $94.34 ↑ +25%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $94.34 ↑ +25%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $94.34 ↑ +25%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $94.34 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $94.34 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $100.00 ↑ +33%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $123.95 ↑ +65%

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Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs reference at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $91.98 $37.50 – $123.24
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $69.20 $11.88 – $97.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $141.57 $24.79 – $162.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $110.15 $24.79 – $102.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $129.66 $24.79 – $162.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $58.44 $24.28 – $126.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $57.81 $24.28 – $124.43
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $89.94 $15.75 – $126.00

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