Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$162.03

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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.

$497.00

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.

$6.67 with Health Net vs $397.60 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
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $6.67 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $8.60 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $8.98 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9.66 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.66 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Navigate $11.19 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $11.31 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $11.31 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $11.31 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12.39 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|PPO $12.39 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $12.39 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $13.59 ↓ -92%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $13.87 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $13.87 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $13.87 ↓ -91%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $13.87 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14.99 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.99 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $14.99 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $15.83 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $16.96 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $16.96 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $36.46 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $36.46 ↓ -77%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $47.84 ↓ -70%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $56.55 ↓ -65%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $79.52 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $124.25 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $228.62 ↑ +41%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $228.62 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $278.32 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $298.20 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $308.14 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $323.05 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $372.75 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $397.60 ↑ +145%

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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $63.08 $6.27 – $112.32
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $5.87 – $14.73
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $205.44 $10.39 – $470.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $188.16 $9.66 – $470.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $18.93 $5.12 – $27.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $18.72 $9.36 – $32.67
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $6.35 – $14.73
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $7.57 – $14.73

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