Indigotindisulfonate 8 mg/ml soln 5 ml ampule 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

$1,618.27

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.

$4,964.00

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.

$794.24 with HPN vs $4,964.00 with United — 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 $794.24 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $1,241.00 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,241.00 ↓ -23%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $1,277.74 ↓ -21%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $1,277.74 ↓ -21%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $1,489.20 ↓ -8%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $1,489.20 ↓ -8%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $1,737.40 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,283.44 ↑ +41%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,283.44 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,779.84 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $2,978.40 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $3,077.68 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,226.60 ↑ +99%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $3,723.00 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|PPO $3,772.64 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,971.20 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4,467.60 ↑ +176%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $4,566.88 ↑ +182%
United Commercial|HMO $4,666.16 ↑ +188%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,964.00 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|Navigate $4,964.00 ↑ +207%

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Indigotindisulfonate 8 mg/ml soln 5 ml ampule at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,054.40 $2,160.00 – $4,704.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $505.70 not published
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,241.65 not published
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,728.00 $1,113.60 – $3,494.40
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $1,222.04 $9.30 – $17.21
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $1,397.76 $844.80 – $3,340.80
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $1,448.59 $9.30 – $17.21
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $488.98 not published

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