Sickling rbc 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

$27.39

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.

$84.00

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.

$3.60 with Blue Shield CA vs $32.40 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 $3.60 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $4.50 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.86 ↓ -82%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -80%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -80%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $5.51 ↓ -80%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -80%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -80%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -80%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $5.51 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $6.34 ↓ -77%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $6.48 ↓ -76%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $6.48 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $6.48 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|HMO $6.61 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6.61 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Navigate $6.61 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|PPO $6.61 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $6.89 ↓ -75%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $6.89 ↓ -75%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.89 ↓ -75%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $6.89 ↓ -75%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $6.89 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $6.89 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.25 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $7.94 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $7.94 ↓ -71%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $7.97 ↓ -71%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $7.97 ↓ -71%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $8.28 ↓ -70%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $8.43 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $8.43 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $9.07 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $9.72 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $9.72 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $10.08 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $10.80 ↓ -61%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $11.16 ↓ -59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11.70 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.28 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $12.28 ↓ -55%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $13.50 ↓ -51%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14.40 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $14.76 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $18.00 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $18.00 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $18.00 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $18.00 ↓ -34%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $19.12 ↓ -30%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $32.40 ↑ +18%

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Sickling rbc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $10.17 $5.51 – $18.11
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $24.44 $1.10 – $7.46
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $53.55 $5.40 – $45.17
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $37.75 $5.51 – $22.75
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $15.46 $5.51 – $22.75
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $34.58 $5.51 – $22.75
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $72.35 $5.51 – $18.57
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $71.57 $5.51 – $18.34

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