Bacterial meningitis antigen 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

$48.90

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.

$150.00

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.

$11.54 with Health Net vs $66.20 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 Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -76%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -76%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -76%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -76%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -76%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $11.54 ↓ -76%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -76%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $11.54 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $12.18 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $13.24 ↓ -73%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $13.24 ↓ -73%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $13.24 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $13.27 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|HMO $13.85 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|PPO $13.85 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13.85 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Navigate $13.85 ↓ -72%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $14.42 ↓ -71%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $14.42 ↓ -71%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $14.42 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $14.42 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $14.43 ↓ -70%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $14.43 ↓ -70%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $15.23 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $16.23 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $16.23 ↓ -67%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $16.29 ↓ -67%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $16.29 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $16.45 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $16.81 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $17.22 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $17.22 ↓ -65%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $18.54 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $19.86 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $19.86 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.73 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $25.73 ↓ -47%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $28.02 ↓ -43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $34.11 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $36.54 ↓ -25%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $37.76 ↓ -23%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $39.04 ↓ -20%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $39.59 ↓ -19%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $45.68 ↓ -7%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $48.72 ↓ -0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $49.94 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $51.47 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $51.47 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $51.47 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $60.90 ↑ +25%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $66.20 ↑ +35%

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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $403.84 $11.54 – $719.16
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $19.75 $0.82 – $15.23
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $47.46 $11.31 – $80.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $23.97 $4.79 – $29.73
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $45.07 $11.54 – $28.28
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.96 $2.59 – $34.95
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $95.35 $11.54 – $33.16
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $94.32 $11.54 – $33.16

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