Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml 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

$725.03

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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.

$2,224.00

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.

$53.08 with HCLA vs $571.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $53.08 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $53.08 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $53.08 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $65.08 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $65.08 ↓ -91%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $65.29 ↓ -91%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $65.29 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $66.35 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $66.61 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $67.44 ↓ -91%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -91%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -91%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -91%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -91%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $67.44 ↓ -91%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $67.44 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $69.01 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $69.01 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $74.31 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $77.56 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $79.62 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $79.62 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $84.30 ↓ -88%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $84.30 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $84.30 ↓ -88%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $84.30 ↓ -88%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $84.30 ↓ -88%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $84.30 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Navigate $86.54 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $87.58 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Options PPO $87.58 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|PPO $87.58 ↓ -88%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $91.36 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $116.14 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $116.14 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $116.14 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $142.75 ↓ -80%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $224.53 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $262.66 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $262.66 ↓ -64%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $265.40 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $319.76 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $342.60 ↓ -53%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $354.02 ↓ -51%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $371.15 ↓ -49%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $428.25 ↓ -41%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $456.80 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $468.22 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $571.00 ↓ -21%

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Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $282.51 $34.27 – $98.99
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $920.20 $52.45 – $540.96
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $842.80 $52.45 – $540.96
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $166.21 $40.80 – $100.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $324.80 $40.80 – $100.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $422.72 $53.08 – $120.07
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $422.72 $53.08 – $143.22
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $172.25 $53.08 – $282.82

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