17-ketosteroids at Northridge Hospital Medical Center

18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350

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

$7.30

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.

$26.16

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.

$3.67 with Blue Shield CA vs $81.60 with Blue Shield CA — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.67 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.45 ↓ -39%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $6.54 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $6.54 ↓ -10%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +75%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +75%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $12.80 ↑ +75%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +75%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +75%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +75%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +75%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $12.80 ↑ +75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +75%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +75%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +75%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +75%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +75%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +75%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.36 ↑ +110%
United Commercial|HMO $15.36 ↑ +110%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $16.00 ↑ +119%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $16.32 ↑ +124%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $16.32 ↑ +124%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $16.32 ↑ +124%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $16.32 ↑ +124%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $16.32 ↑ +124%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $17.01 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $20.67 ↑ +183%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.93 ↑ +187%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $21.89 ↑ +200%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $21.89 ↑ +200%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $22.69 ↑ +211%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $22.69 ↑ +211%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $22.76 ↑ +212%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $22.85 ↑ +213%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $22.85 ↑ +213%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $23.34 ↑ +220%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.34 ↑ +220%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $24.07 ↑ +230%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $26.16 ↑ +258%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $26.16 ↑ +258%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $26.16 ↑ +258%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $26.16 ↑ +258%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $26.16 ↑ +258%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $52.23 ↑ +615%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $81.60 ↑ +1018%

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17-ketosteroids at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $18.78 $2.56 – $29.10
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $11.20 $12.80 – $32.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $10.26 $7.07 – $38.77
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.85 $12.80 – $36.78
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $10.74 $12.80 – $36.78
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $16.70 $2.62 – $20.93
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $8.60 $5.50 – $26.16
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $20.36 $11.38 – $25.64

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