Aep thrshld est mlt freq i&r 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

$602.92

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.

$2,161.00

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.

$104.64 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $5,811.00 with United — 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
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $104.64 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $104.64 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $104.64 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $104.64 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $104.64 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $140.32 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $140.32 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $146.50 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $146.50 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $234.94 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $234.94 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -34%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -34%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -34%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -34%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -34%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -34%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -34%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -34%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $395.66 ↓ -34%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -34%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -34%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $395.66 ↓ -34%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $395.66 ↓ -34%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $480.30 ↓ -20%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $494.57 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $523.20 ↓ -13%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $540.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $540.25 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,404.65 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,728.80 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,880.07 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $2,161.00 ↑ +258%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,525.00 ↑ +319%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,013.00 ↑ +400%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,391.00 ↑ +462%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,827.00 ↑ +535%
United Commercial|HMO $5,811.00 ↑ +864%

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