Protein analysis w/probe at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$116.39
Cash price 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.
$357.00
Gross charge 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.
$30.08 with Health Net vs $285.60 with MultiPlan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $30.08 | ↓ -74% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $30.08 | ↓ -74% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $30.08 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $31.46 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $31.46 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $31.46 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $31.46 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $36.88 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $36.88 | ↓ -68% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.00 | ↓ -68% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $39.11 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $39.11 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $39.30 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $42.11 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.12 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.12 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $58.46 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $58.46 | ↓ -50% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $88.70 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $89.25 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $114.88 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $114.88 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $114.88 | ↓ -1% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $150.40 | ↑ +29% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $164.22 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $199.92 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $203.72 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $214.20 | ↑ +84% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $221.34 | ↑ +90% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $232.05 | ↑ +99% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $267.75 | ↑ +130% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $268.79 | ↑ +131% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $285.60 | ↑ +145% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Protein analysis w/probe at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $24.03 | $28.38 – $91.27 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $148.35 | $12.50 – $345.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $139.98 | $30.08 – $358.00 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $117.55 | $30.08 – $300.05 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $52.44 – $179.71 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $52.44 – $227.11 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $52.44 – $257.54 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $91.14 – $102.74 |