Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at RIDEOUT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

726 4th St, Marysville, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1720088354

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 6, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$172.55

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.

$784.30

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 KAISER MCR ADV vs $406.55 with BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS — 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
KAISER MCR ADV KAISER MCR ADV $53.08 ↓ -69%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS $53.08 ↓ -69%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $53.08 ↓ -69%
BLUE CROSS MCR ADV BLUE CROSS MCR ADV $53.61 ↓ -69%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $57.33 ↓ -67%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $75.23 ↓ -56%
PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL -ALL PLANS PARTNERSHIP HP MCAL -ALL PLANS $75.23 ↓ -56%
KAISER MCAL KAISER MCAL $75.23 ↓ -56%
HEALTHNET MCAL HEALTHNET MCAL $85.59 ↓ -50%
CA HEALTH AND WELLNESS- ALL PLANS CA HEALTH AND WELLNESS- ALL PLANS $93.29 ↓ -46%
CELTIC MCAID-ALL PLANS CELTIC MCAID-ALL PLANS $93.29 ↓ -46%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $95.54 ↓ -45%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $302.56 ↑ +75%
HEALTHNET COMM-ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET COMM-ALL OTHER PLANS $311.54 ↑ +81%
KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER-ALL OTHER PLANS $325.24 ↑ +88%
BLUE CROSS-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS-ALL OTHER PLANS $329.52 ↑ +91%
BLUE SHIELD UC CARE MEMBERS BLUE SHIELD UC CARE MEMBERS $342.36 ↑ +98%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $345.99 ↑ +101%
CIGNA-ALL PLANS CIGNA-ALL PLANS $364.74 ↑ +111%
UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS $371.71 ↑ +115%
FIRST HEALTH-ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH-ALL PLANS $374.45 ↑ +117%
PHCS-ALL PLANS PHCS-ALL PLANS $376.59 ↑ +118%
INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $385.15 ↑ +123%
MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS $406.55 ↑ +136%
BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS $406.55 ↑ +136%

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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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