Sex chromatin identification 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

$63.57

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.

$195.00

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.

$17.98 with Humana vs $183.72 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Humana Commercial|All Plans $17.98 ↓ -72%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $17.98 ↓ -72%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.98 ↓ -72%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $17.98 ↓ -72%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $17.98 ↓ -72%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $17.98 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $17.98 ↓ -72%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $17.98 ↓ -72%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $17.98 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $20.68 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|HMO $21.58 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Navigate $21.58 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|PPO $21.58 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Options PPO $21.58 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $22.48 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $22.48 ↓ -65%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $22.48 ↓ -65%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $22.48 ↓ -65%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $22.48 ↓ -65%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $22.48 ↓ -65%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $22.91 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $22.91 ↓ -64%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $22.91 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $25.20 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $28.09 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $28.09 ↓ -56%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $28.18 ↓ -56%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $28.18 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $29.79 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $29.79 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $32.07 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $34.37 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $34.37 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $40.11 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $40.11 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $48.75 ↓ -23%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $67.55 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $76.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $76.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $76.00 ↑ +20%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $89.70 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $109.20 ↑ +72%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $114.55 ↑ +80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $117.00 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $120.90 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $126.75 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $139.24 ↑ +119%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $146.25 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $156.00 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $183.72 ↑ +189%

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Sex chromatin identification at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $159.57 $17.98 – $259.91
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $81.70 $17.98 – $114.55
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $75.86 $17.98 – $194.00
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $63.61 $15.46 – $156.62
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $17.62 – $122.83
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $17.98 – $155.23
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $17.98 – $176.03
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $17.98 – $70.22

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