Lanthanum carbonate oral 5mg 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

$48.58

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.

$149.00

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.

$17.28 with HPN vs $108.00 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 $17.28 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $27.00 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $27.00 ↓ -44%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $27.80 ↓ -43%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $27.80 ↓ -43%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $32.40 ↓ -33%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $32.40 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $37.80 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $49.68 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $49.68 ↑ +2%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $60.48 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $64.80 ↑ +33%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $66.96 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $70.20 ↑ +45%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $81.00 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|PPO $82.08 ↑ +69%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $86.40 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|Options PPO $97.20 ↑ +100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $99.36 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|HMO $101.52 ↑ +109%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $108.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|Navigate $108.00 ↑ +122%

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Lanthanum carbonate oral 5mg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $14.02 $8.64 – $24.96
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $40.77 $28.08 – $101.92
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $12.65 $2.34 – $9.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $26.78 $2.50 – $9.90
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $37.80 $24.36 – $76.44
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $11.44 $8.20 – $41.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $27.25 $4.90 – $9.80
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $30.58 $18.48 – $73.08

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