Apply surf ldr radionuclide 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

$124.72

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.

$447.00

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.

$76.65 with Healthcare Partners vs $765.45 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
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $76.65 ↓ -39%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $76.65 ↓ -39%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $111.75 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $111.75 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $123.22 ↓ -1%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $139.13 ↑ +12%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↑ +12%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↑ +12%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $139.13 ↑ +12%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↑ +12%
United Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↑ +12%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↑ +12%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↑ +12%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $139.13 ↑ +12%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↑ +12%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $139.13 ↑ +12%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↑ +12%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $139.13 ↑ +12%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $139.13 ↑ +12%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $139.13 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $141.95 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $141.95 ↑ +14%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $153.09 ↑ +23%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $153.09 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $153.09 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $153.09 ↑ +23%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $153.09 ↑ +23%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $173.91 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $176.61 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $191.63 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $191.63 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $191.63 ↑ +54%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $205.29 ↑ +65%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $205.29 ↑ +65%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $214.33 ↑ +72%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $214.33 ↑ +72%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $219.03 ↑ +76%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $219.03 ↑ +76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $241.91 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $268.20 ↑ +115%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $357.60 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $388.89 ↑ +212%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $447.00 ↑ +258%
United Commercial|HMO $447.00 ↑ +258%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $447.00 ↑ +258%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $702.68 ↑ +463%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $765.45 ↑ +514%

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