Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe 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

$799.36

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.

$2,452.00

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.

$3.81 with MHN vs $1,961.60 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
MHN Commercial|All Plans $3.81 ↓ -100%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $3.81 ↓ -100%
United Medicare|All Plans $3.81 ↓ -100%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $3.81 ↓ -100%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3.81 ↓ -100%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $3.81 ↓ -100%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $3.81 ↓ -100%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $3.81 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $3.88 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $4.38 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $4.76 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $4.76 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $4.76 ↓ -99%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $4.76 ↓ -99%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.76 ↓ -99%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $4.76 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|HMO $4.90 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|PPO $4.90 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4.90 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Navigate $5.10 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6.39 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.39 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6.39 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $6.41 ↓ -99%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $7.38 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $7.38 ↓ -99%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $7.38 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $8.27 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $8.64 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $9.05 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $9.05 ↓ -99%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $9.09 ↓ -99%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $9.09 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $9.26 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9.29 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.29 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $10.33 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $11.07 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $11.07 ↓ -99%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $31.22 ↓ -96%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $36.90 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $241.29 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $241.29 ↓ -70%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $392.32 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $613.00 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,127.92 ↑ +41%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,127.92 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,373.12 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $1,471.20 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $1,520.24 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,593.80 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,839.00 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,961.60 ↑ +145%

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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $16,050.00 $3.81 – $9,102.24
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,051.75 $1,962.30 – $7,433.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $580.95 $3.81 – $1,452.36
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6,783.63 $3.81 – $2,796.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $8,626.41 $3.07 – $42.01
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $8,626.41 $3.07 – $50.12
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $8,626.41 $5.99 – $50.24
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,265.03 $7.38 – $1,593.48

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