Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at St. Mary Medical Center

1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1194840421

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$546.96

Cash price

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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.

$1,272.00

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.

$47.77 with Noble IPA vs $434.00 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
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $47.77 ↓ -91%
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $47.77 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $53.08 ↓ -90%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $53.08 ↓ -90%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $53.08 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $53.08 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $53.08 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $53.08 ↓ -90%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $53.08 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $53.08 ↓ -90%
SMIPA Medicare|All Plans $61.63 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $70.76 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $70.76 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $74.31 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $79.62 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $79.62 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $86.54 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $87.58 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|HMO $87.58 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Options PPO $87.58 ↓ -84%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $100.00 ↓ -82%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $108.50 ↓ -80%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $108.50 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $110.35 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $110.35 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $110.35 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $199.64 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $199.64 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $217.00 ↓ -60%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $218.69 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $265.40 ↓ -51%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $265.40 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $282.10 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $303.80 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $321.16 ↓ -41%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $347.20 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $434.00 ↓ -21%

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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $169.51 $72.90 – $210.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $163.95 $52.02 – $114.12
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $385.20 $52.45 – $900.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $587.42 $53.08 – $864.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $505.68 $52.45 – $882.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,460.85 $53.08 – $176.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,434.32 $53.08 – $220.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $256.84 $53.08 – $116.71

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