Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex 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

$18.51

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.

$56.75

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.

$6.03 with Blue Shield CA vs $152.70 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 $6.03 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $7.54 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8.14 ↓ -56%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $13.87 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.88 ↓ -9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $18.09 ↓ -2%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $18.69 ↑ +1%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $19.60 ↑ +6%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $22.61 ↑ +22%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24.12 ↑ +30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $24.72 ↑ +34%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +41%
United Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +41%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +41%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $26.07 ↑ +41%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +41%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +41%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $26.07 ↑ +41%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +41%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $28.50 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $29.98 ↑ +62%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $30.14 ↑ +63%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.14 ↑ +63%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $30.14 ↑ +63%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $30.14 ↑ +63%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $30.14 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|HMO $30.14 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|Options PPO $30.14 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $30.14 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $30.14 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $30.14 ↑ +63%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $30.14 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|PPO $30.14 ↑ +63%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $30.14 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|Navigate $30.14 ↑ +63%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $32.59 ↑ +76%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $32.59 ↑ +76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $32.59 ↑ +76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $32.59 ↑ +76%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $32.59 ↑ +76%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $32.59 ↑ +76%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $37.56 ↑ +103%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $37.56 ↑ +103%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $39.19 ↑ +112%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $39.19 ↑ +112%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $45.21 ↑ +144%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $45.21 ↑ +144%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $58.16 ↑ +214%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $58.16 ↑ +214%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $90.06 ↑ +387%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $152.70 ↑ +725%

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Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $17.52 $8.14 – $69.19
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $27.90 $5.21 – $35.13
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $129.54 $25.55 – $212.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $24.29 $15.07 – $67.19
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $43.41 $21.66 – $39.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $22.25 $8.14 – $78.99
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $49.35 $10.50 – $74.94
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $48.82 $10.50 – $74.94

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