Acute venous thrombus image at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$945.26
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.
$3,388.00
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.
$213.21 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $4,347.16 with Cigna — 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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| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $213.21 | ↓ -77% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $213.21 | ↓ -77% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $213.21 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $213.21 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $213.21 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $283.57 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $283.57 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $285.91 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $285.91 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $298.49 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $298.49 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $716.39 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $716.39 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $716.39 | ↓ -24% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $847.00 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $847.00 | ↓ -10% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $978.63 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,066.05 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,260.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +75% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +75% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +75% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +75% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +75% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +75% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +75% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +75% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +75% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +75% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +75% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $1,658.74 | ↑ +75% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,806.46 | ↑ +91% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $2,073.43 | ↑ +119% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $2,202.20 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,474.39 | ↑ +162% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,710.40 | ↑ +187% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,938.37 | ↑ +211% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,938.37 | ↑ +211% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,947.56 | ↑ +212% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,388.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $4,347.16 | ↑ +360% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,347.16 | ↑ +360% |
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Acute venous thrombus image at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,656.34 | $213.21 – $3,920.98 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $741.63 | $213.21 – $6,851.62 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $733.64 | $213.21 – $6,851.62 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $553.61 | $213.21 – $1,826.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,113.43 | $213.21 – $1,089.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $926.96 – $2,035.50 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $1,171.45 – $2,035.50 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $1,328.43 – $2,035.50 |