Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) 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

$58.36

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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.

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.

$179.00

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.

$1.82 with HCLA vs $54.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $1.82 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $1.82 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $1.82 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $2.23 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $2.23 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2.55 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $2.73 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $2.73 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Navigate $2.87 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|PPO $2.97 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $2.97 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2.97 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3.41 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3.98 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3.98 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3.98 ↓ -93%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4.40 ↓ -92%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4.60 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.94 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.94 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.61 ↓ -87%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $7.70 ↓ -87%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $7.86 ↓ -87%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $7.86 ↓ -87%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $8.64 ↓ -85%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $9.10 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $13.50 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.84 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $24.84 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $30.24 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $32.40 ↓ -44%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $33.48 ↓ -43%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $35.10 ↓ -40%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $40.50 ↓ -31%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $43.20 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $49.68 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $54.00 ↓ -7%

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Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.38 $1.42 – $19.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $65.33 $3.64 – $12.33
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $40.24 $2.76 – $29.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $36.85 $1.82 – $29.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $191.44 $1.82 – $43.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $189.38 $2.38 – $42.66
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $65.33 $3.64 – $13.35
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $65.33 $3.91 – $15.93

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