#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$7.25
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.
$25.95
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.
$3.64 with Blue Shield CA vs $32.70 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3.64 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.42 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.06 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.06 | ↓ -16% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.49 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.49 | ↓ -10% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -10% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -10% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -10% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.54 | ↓ -10% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -10% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↑ +1% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $7.31 | ↑ +1% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↑ +1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $7.31 | ↑ +1% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↑ +1% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↑ +1% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $7.31 | ↑ +1% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $7.31 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↑ +1% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7.31 | ↑ +1% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↑ +1% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↑ +1% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $7.31 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↑ +1% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.77 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.77 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.77 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8.77 | ↑ +21% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $9.14 | ↑ +26% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.16 | ↑ +26% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.16 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13.32 | ↑ +84% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $13.32 | ↑ +84% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $16.87 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $20.26 | ↑ +179% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $20.26 | ↑ +179% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.26 | ↑ +179% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $20.51 | ↑ +183% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $20.76 | ↑ +186% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.93 | ↑ +189% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $22.58 | ↑ +211% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.88 | ↑ +229% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $25.95 | ↑ +258% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $25.95 | ↑ +258% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $32.70 | ↑ +351% |
Visitor-reported prices
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#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $11.13 | $6.41 – $24.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $11.01 | $6.02 – $23.70 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $17.13 | $3.00 – $24.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $8.82 | $6.21 – $24.60 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $15.45 | $5.24 – $28.20 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $220.18 | $6.25 – $395.92 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $29.24 | $4.56 – $39.07 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $26.59 | $6.54 – $42.50 |