Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center

18321 Clark St, Tarzana, CA · Providence · · NPI 1821250762

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$85.75

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.

$245.00

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.

$5.78 with Aetna vs $55.17 with Blue Shield — 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $5.78 ↓ -93%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $5.90 ↓ -93%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $6.36 ↓ -93%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $7.51 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $8.20 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $9.23 ↓ -89%
Cigna Ppo $10.19 ↓ -88%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $10.19 ↓ -88%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $10.69 ↓ -88%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $11.56 ↓ -87%
First Health/Coventry Coventry All Commercial Plans $11.56 ↓ -87%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $11.56 ↓ -87%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $12.37 ↓ -86%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $15.16 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $15.45 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $16.50 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $18.53 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $36.38 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $55.17 ↓ -36%

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Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $131.40 $1.22 – $15.35
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $13.15 $1.16 – $8.38
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $295.29 $5.66 – $47.26
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $72.34 $2.25 – $14.90
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $79.92 $5.78 – $14.17
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $66.25 $1.22 – $17.52
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6.68 $2.25 – $16.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6.61 $2.25 – $16.62

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