Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative 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

$49.11

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.

$176.00

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.

$5.78 with Humana vs $176.00 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
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↓ -88%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5.78 ↓ -88%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $5.78 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $5.78 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↓ -88%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↓ -88%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↓ -88%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5.78 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↓ -88%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $5.78 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $5.78 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↓ -88%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $5.78 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $6.94 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.94 ↓ -86%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $7.22 ↓ -85%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $7.29 ↓ -85%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $7.29 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $7.29 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $7.29 ↓ -85%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $7.29 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $9.78 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $9.78 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $10.21 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $10.21 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $10.55 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $10.55 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $10.64 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $10.64 ↓ -78%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $23.32 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.88 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.88 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.88 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $24.64 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $29.92 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $36.45 ↓ -26%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $44.00 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $44.00 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $64.26 ↑ +31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $92.11 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $114.40 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $126.16 ↑ +157%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $140.80 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $153.12 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $176.00 ↑ +258%

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Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $131.40 $1.22 – $15.35
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $13.15 $1.16 – $8.38
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $295.29 $5.66 – $47.26
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $72.34 $2.25 – $14.90
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $79.92 $5.78 – $14.17
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $66.25 $1.22 – $17.52
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6.68 $2.25 – $16.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6.61 $2.25 – $16.62

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