Screening prostate cancer PSA 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

$102.37

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.

$314.00

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.

$19.31 with Care 1st vs $251.20 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.

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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
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $19.31 ↓ -81%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $19.31 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $19.31 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $19.31 ↓ -81%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $19.31 ↓ -81%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $19.31 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $19.31 ↓ -81%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $19.31 ↓ -81%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $19.31 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $22.21 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Options PPO $23.17 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Navigate $23.17 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|PPO $23.17 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|HMO $23.17 ↓ -77%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $24.14 ↓ -76%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $24.14 ↓ -76%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $24.14 ↓ -76%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $24.14 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $24.14 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $24.14 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $43.06 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $43.06 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $62.80 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $78.50 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $84.78 ↓ -17%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $144.44 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $170.20 ↑ +66%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $175.84 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $188.40 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $194.68 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $204.10 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $224.57 ↑ +119%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $235.50 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $251.20 ↑ +145%

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Screening prostate cancer PSA at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $212.29 $5.59 – $49.75
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $130.54 $6.06 – $11.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $194.44 $3.02 – $58.48
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $314.98 $19.31 – $55.48
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $311.59 $19.31 – $55.48
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $525.32 $5.20 – $41.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $347.51 $16.41 – $716.68
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $161.83 $5.82 – $11.18

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