Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit 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

$29.34

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$90.00

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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.

$4.16 with HPN vs $26.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
HPN Medicare|All Plans $4.16 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $6.50 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.50 ↓ -78%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $6.70 ↓ -77%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $6.70 ↓ -77%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $7.80 ↓ -73%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $7.80 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $9.10 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.96 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11.96 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14.56 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $15.60 ↓ -47%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $16.12 ↓ -45%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $16.90 ↓ -42%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $19.50 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|PPO $19.76 ↓ -33%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.80 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|Options PPO $23.40 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $23.92 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|HMO $24.44 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $26.00 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|Navigate $26.00 ↓ -11%

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Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $18.09 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $0.02 – $0.09
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $66.34 $24.30 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $30.97 $14.58 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $20.04 $10.40 – $26.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $19.82 $6.50 – $26.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $0.02 – $0.09
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $0.02 – $0.11

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