Bladder Catheter Insertion (simple) 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

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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.

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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.

$124.32 with BCBS - Anthem vs $4,386.00 with Health Net — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $124.32 —
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $125.36 —
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $125.36 —
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $125.36 —
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $145.72 —
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $153.69 —
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $153.69 —
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $162.97 —
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $162.97 —
Humana Commercial|All Plans $163.78 —
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $163.78 —
United Medicare|All Plans $163.78 —
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 —
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $163.78 —
DHR Medicare|All Plans $163.78 —
MHN Commercial|All Plans $163.78 —
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $163.78 —
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $175.50 —
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $188.04 —
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $188.04 —
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $188.35 —
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $204.72 —
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $204.72 —
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $204.72 —
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $204.72 —
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $204.72 —
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $204.72 —
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $224.77 —
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $224.77 —
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $530.27 —
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $626.80 —
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,233.00 —
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,182.00 —
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,386.00 —
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital —
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital —
SCAN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital —
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital —
United Commercial|Navigate not published by hospital —
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital —
United Commercial|PPO not published by hospital —
HPN Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital —
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan not published by hospital —
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital —
Health Net Medicaid|DHR not published by hospital —
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital —

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Bladder Catheter Insertion (simple) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $464.80 not published
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $71.40 $44.01 – $291.44
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $464.80 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $464.80 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $464.80 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $275.60 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $275.60 not published
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $464.80 not published

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