Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination 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

$108.24

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.

$332.00

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.

$29.60 with United vs $265.60 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.

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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
United Commercial|PPO $29.60 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Options PPO $29.60 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|HMO $29.60 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Navigate $29.60 ↓ -73%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $30.04 ↓ -72%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $30.04 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $30.04 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $31.32 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $36.83 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $36.83 ↓ -66%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $36.95 ↓ -66%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $36.95 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $39.06 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $39.06 ↓ -64%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $42.06 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $45.06 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $45.06 ↓ -58%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $49.87 ↓ -54%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
United Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $56.34 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $56.34 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $57.35 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $61.73 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $62.34 ↓ -42%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $62.34 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $62.34 ↓ -42%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $62.34 ↓ -42%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $62.34 ↓ -42%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $62.34 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $64.67 ↓ -40%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $83.00 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $85.32 ↓ -21%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $88.58 ↓ -18%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $150.20 ↑ +39%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $152.72 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $185.92 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $199.20 ↑ +84%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $204.68 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $204.68 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $204.68 ↑ +89%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $205.84 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $215.80 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $249.00 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $265.60 ↑ +145%

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Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $146.30 $29.60 – $260.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $246.33 $45.98 – $57.05
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $10.56 $12.33 – $65.09
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $72.60 $7.28 – $28.11
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $9.67 $6.66 – $76.52
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $84.22 $18.81 – $72.59
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $83.31 $18.81 – $72.59
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $166.77 $45.98 – $72.09

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