Cefotaxime sodium 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

$38.47

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.

$118.00

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.

$4.16 with HPN vs $47.45 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
HPN Medicare|All Plans $4.16 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $6.50 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.50 ↓ -83%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $6.70 ↓ -83%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $6.70 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $7.80 ↓ -80%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $7.80 ↓ -80%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $8.11 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $9.49 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|PPO $9.97 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|HMO $9.97 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9.97 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Navigate $9.97 ↓ -74%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $10.47 ↓ -73%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $10.94 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $11.63 ↓ -70%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $11.63 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11.76 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11.76 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.96 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11.96 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $13.29 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $14.23 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $14.23 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14.56 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $15.60 ↓ -59%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $16.12 ↓ -58%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $16.90 ↓ -56%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $19.50 ↓ -49%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.80 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $23.92 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.73 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $25.73 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $25.73 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $26.00 ↓ -32%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $40.14 ↑ +4%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $47.45 ↑ +23%

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Cefotaxime sodium injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $9.97 – $52.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $41.56 $7.24 – $91.14
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $12.56 $2.33 – $43.56
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $33.78 $10.00 – $39.43
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $33.49 $2.34 – $26.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $30.56 $7.17 – $47.45
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $33.04 $10.00 – $39.51
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $38.32 $5.46 – $47.45

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