Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA · Providence · · NPI 1124026273
$156.21
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.
$446.32
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.
$53.08 with Aetna vs $236.54 with Blue Cross — 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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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $53.08 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $53.08 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan | $54.14 | ↓ -65% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $58.38 | ↓ -63% |
| La Care Health Plan | Covered Ca Exchange | $69.00 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $91.34 | ↓ -42% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Hmo | $98.19 | ↓ -37% |
| Healthnet | Ambetter Ppo | $113.58 | ↓ -27% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select/Navigate Hmo | $114.12 | ↓ -27% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $114.12 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Shield | Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange | $149.01 | ↓ -5% |
| Blue Cross | All Commercial Plans | $236.54 | ↑ +51% |
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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| 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 |