Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf 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

$4,572.81

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.

$16,390.00

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.

$128.56 with BCBS - Anthem vs $16,390.00 with US Behavioral Health — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $128.56 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $128.56 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -92%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -92%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -92%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -92%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $375.07 ↓ -92%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $375.07 ↓ -92%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -92%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $468.84 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,114.00 ↓ -54%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,525.00 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,642.00 ↓ -42%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,013.00 ↓ -34%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,391.00 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,769.70 ↓ -18%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $4,097.50 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $4,097.50 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $4,425.30 ↓ -3%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $8,031.10 ↑ +76%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $8,850.60 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $10,653.50 ↑ +133%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $11,145.20 ↑ +144%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13,112.00 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $14,259.30 ↑ +212%
United Commercial|HMO $15,570.50 ↑ +241%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $16,390.00 ↑ +258%

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Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $531.74 $321.57 – $928.98
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,249.72 $413.65 – $1,921.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $448.12 $375.07 – $739.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $410.43 $203.85 – $739.90
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $300.51 $218.70 – $648.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,336.42 $435.83 – $5,592.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,630.29 $394.79 – $5,835.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $810.90 $413.57 – $3,982.87

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