Inj, bupivacaine liposome at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$1,274.34
Cash price 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.
$3,909.00
Gross charge 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.
$625.44 with HPN vs $3,909.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $625.44 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $977.25 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $977.25 | ↓ -23% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,006.18 | ↓ -21% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,006.18 | ↓ -21% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $1,172.70 | ↓ -8% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $1,172.70 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $1,368.15 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,798.14 | ↑ +41% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,798.14 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,189.04 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $2,345.40 | ↑ +84% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $2,423.58 | ↑ +90% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,540.85 | ↑ +99% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $2,931.75 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,970.84 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,127.20 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,518.10 | ↑ +176% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $3,596.28 | ↑ +182% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,674.46 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,909.00 | ↑ +207% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $3,909.00 | ↑ +207% |
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Inj, bupivacaine liposome at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,617.84 | $1,701.00 – $3,704.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,481.76 | $1,020.60 – $3,704.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $558.36 | $100.00 – $1,146.40 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $361.33 | $100.00 – $982.80 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $116.67 | $1.38 – $3.05 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $759.63 | $351.00 – $1,389.96 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,360.79 | $876.95 – $2,751.81 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $721.04 | $617.40 – $1,234.80 |