Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center
1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640
$44.34
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.
$136.00
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.
$10.62 with Health Net vs $136.00 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.
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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| Health Net | Medicaid|Preferred IPA | $10.62 | ↓ -76% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $10.62 | ↓ -76% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $10.62 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.02 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.02 | ↓ -71% |
| HPN | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.06 | ↓ -71% |
| HPN | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.06 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $13.28 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $13.32 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 | $13.81 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 | $13.81 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.87 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.93 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.93 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $17.31 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $17.52 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $17.52 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $17.52 | ↓ -60% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $21.76 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $23.24 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $23.24 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.24 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|DHR | $34.00 | ↓ -23% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.92 | ↑ +1% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|All Plans | $53.10 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $62.56 | ↑ +41% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $62.56 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $76.16 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Magellan | $81.60 | ↑ +84% |
| SCAN | Medicare|All Plans | $84.32 | ↑ +90% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $88.40 | ↑ +99% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $102.00 | ↑ +130% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $108.80 | ↑ +145% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $125.12 | ↑ +182% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $136.00 | ↑ +207% |
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Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $56.50 | $10.49 – $129.36 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $38.22 | $10.62 – $110.45 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $47.25 | $10.49 – $95.33 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $15.07 | $10.62 – $54.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $35.43 | $10.62 – $63.70 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $125.99 | $9.56 – $293.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $45.36 | $10.62 – $116.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $17.81 | $7.15 – $77.80 |