Virus isolation addl studies ea 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

$10.76

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.

$33.00

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.

$6.60 with Blue Shield CA vs $114.75 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6.60 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $8.25 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8.91 ↓ -17%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $15.18 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $18.48 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $19.80 ↑ +84%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $20.20 ↑ +88%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $20.20 ↑ +88%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $20.20 ↑ +88%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $20.20 ↑ +88%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $20.20 ↑ +88%
United Medicare|All Plans $20.20 ↑ +88%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $20.20 ↑ +88%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $20.20 ↑ +88%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $20.20 ↑ +88%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $20.46 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21.45 ↑ +99%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $22.95 ↑ +113%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $22.95 ↑ +113%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $22.95 ↑ +113%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $23.23 ↑ +116%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $23.28 ↑ +116%
United Commercial|Navigate $24.24 ↑ +125%
United Commercial|Options PPO $24.24 ↑ +125%
United Commercial|HMO $24.24 ↑ +125%
United Commercial|PPO $24.24 ↑ +125%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $24.75 ↑ +130%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $25.25 ↑ +135%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $25.25 ↑ +135%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $25.25 ↑ +135%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $25.25 ↑ +135%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $25.25 ↑ +135%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $25.25 ↑ +135%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $26.40 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $27.06 ↑ +151%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $28.14 ↑ +162%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $28.14 ↑ +162%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $28.23 ↑ +162%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $28.23 ↑ +162%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $29.84 ↑ +177%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $29.84 ↑ +177%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $32.13 ↑ +199%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $33.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $33.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $33.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $33.00 ↑ +207%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $34.42 ↑ +220%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $34.42 ↑ +220%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $45.05 ↑ +319%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $45.05 ↑ +319%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $67.68 ↑ +529%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $114.75 ↑ +966%

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Virus isolation addl studies ea at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $14.46 $8.91 – $53.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $14.13 $16.50 – $52.05
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $21.98 $17.87 – $32.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12.94 $8.91 – $61.19
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $49.35 $16.50 – $58.05
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $48.82 $16.50 – $58.05
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $75.95 $3.30 – $26.40
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $39.11 $6.93 – $33.00

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