Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd 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

$670.91

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.

$2,058.00

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.

$1.07 with United vs $329.60 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
United Commercial|HMO $1.07 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1.07 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|PPO $1.07 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Navigate $1.35 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $1.37 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1.55 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1.55 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1.55 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1.77 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1.85 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1.99 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1.99 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $5.17 ↓ -99%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $5.17 ↓ -99%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $5.17 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $6.34 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $6.34 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.46 ↓ -99%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $6.58 ↓ -99%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $6.58 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $7.24 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $7.75 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $7.75 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10.72 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $10.72 ↓ -98%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $21.87 ↓ -97%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $25.85 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $103.00 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $189.52 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $189.52 ↓ -72%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $189.52 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $230.72 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $247.20 ↓ -63%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $255.44 ↓ -62%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $267.80 ↓ -60%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $309.00 ↓ -54%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $329.60 ↓ -51%

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Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $18.54 $0.34 – $8.53
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2.36 $1.05 – $5.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $115.46 $1.07 – $218.08
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $122.63 $0.81 – $58.80
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $81.76 $5.17 – $112.70
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1.42 – $1.73
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $1.42 – $1.87
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $1.53 – $2.23

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