Arterial blood draw/perc 36620 at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$234.92
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.
$842.00
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.
$48.28 with HCLA vs $4,316.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 |
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| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -79% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.28 | ↓ -79% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $64.70 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $64.70 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $80.27 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $80.27 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $106.53 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $106.53 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $193.66 | ↓ -18% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $210.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $210.50 | ↓ -10% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $221.61 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $261.02 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $261.02 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $261.02 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $380.45 | ↑ +62% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $412.58 | ↑ +76% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $412.58 | ↑ +76% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $412.58 | ↑ +76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $421.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $454.68 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $496.78 | ↑ +111% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $547.30 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $572.56 | ↑ +144% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $673.60 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $732.54 | ↑ +212% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $799.90 | ↑ +240% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $842.00 | ↑ +258% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,718.00 | ↑ +631% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,150.00 | ↑ +1241% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,316.00 | ↑ +1737% |
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Arterial blood draw/perc 36620 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $169.95 | $37.53 – $318.16 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $250.78 | $69.42 – $197.88 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,310.41 | $1,687.00 – $10,997.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $231.98 | $48.28 – $490.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $153.85 | $48.28 – $226.38 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $253.63 | $48.28 – $490.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $178.08 | $48.28 – $393.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $176.16 | $48.28 – $475.20 |