Str markers specimen anal 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

$200.82

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.

$616.00

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.

$27.50 with Health Net vs $955.75 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
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $27.50 ↓ -86%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $50.60 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $61.60 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $66.00 ↓ -67%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $68.20 ↓ -66%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $71.50 ↓ -64%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $82.50 ↓ -59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $88.00 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $90.20 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|HMO $110.00 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|Options PPO $110.00 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $110.00 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $110.00 ↓ -45%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $110.00 ↓ -45%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $110.00 ↓ -45%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -45%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $110.00 ↓ -45%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $110.00 ↓ -45%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $110.00 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $110.00 ↓ -45%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -45%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -45%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $110.00 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $110.00 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $110.00 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|Navigate $110.00 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|PPO $110.00 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $126.50 ↓ -37%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $137.50 ↓ -32%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $137.50 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $137.50 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $137.50 ↓ -32%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $137.50 ↓ -32%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $137.50 ↓ -32%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $143.00 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $143.00 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $165.00 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $165.00 ↓ -18%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $235.11 ↑ +17%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $235.11 ↑ +17%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $465.30 ↑ +132%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $519.80 ↑ +159%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $519.80 ↑ +159%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $955.75 ↑ +376%

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