Inj, meropenem (b. braun) 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

$100.74

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.

$309.00

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.

$34.08 with HPN vs $213.00 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 $34.08 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $53.25 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $53.25 ↓ -47%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $54.83 ↓ -46%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $54.83 ↓ -46%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $63.90 ↓ -37%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $63.90 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $74.55 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $97.98 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $97.98 ↓ -3%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $119.28 ↑ +18%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $127.80 ↑ +27%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $132.06 ↑ +31%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $138.45 ↑ +37%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $159.75 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|PPO $161.88 ↑ +61%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $170.40 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|Options PPO $191.70 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $195.96 ↑ +95%
United Commercial|HMO $200.22 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $213.00 ↑ +111%
United Commercial|Navigate $213.00 ↑ +111%

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Inj, meropenem (b. braun) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $44.15 $31.20 – $78.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $84.18 $3.62 – $13.22
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $87.00 $36.30 – $143.55
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $103.23 $38.22 – $182.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $22.76 $19.75 – $79.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $4.17 – $4.74
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $4.17 – $5.14
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $4.15 – $6.13

All California hospitals for this procedure →