Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige 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

$3.19

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.

$11.43

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.

$1.61 with Blue Shield CA vs $79.70 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.

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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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1.61 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1.95 ↓ -39%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2.86 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2.86 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $7.43 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $9.03 ↑ +183%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9.15 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9.95 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $10.52 ↑ +230%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $11.43 ↑ +258%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
United Commercial|HMO $11.43 ↑ +258%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $11.43 ↑ +258%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $11.43 ↑ +258%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $11.43 ↑ +258%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $11.43 ↑ +258%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $11.43 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $11.43 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $11.43 ↑ +258%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $11.43 ↑ +258%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $11.43 ↑ +258%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $11.43 ↑ +258%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $11.43 ↑ +258%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $11.43 ↑ +258%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $11.43 ↑ +258%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $11.43 ↑ +258%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $14.29 ↑ +348%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $32.68 ↑ +924%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $32.68 ↑ +924%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $52.47 ↑ +1545%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $79.70 ↑ +2398%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $40.77 $3.59 – $29.10
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $28.25 $0.94 – $46.18
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $7.62 $2.39 – $4.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $25.88 $0.51 – $54.29
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Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $4.59 $0.42 – $62.40
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $4.92 $0.47 – $79.70
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $4.47 $0.38 – $79.70

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