Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$703.36
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.
$2,521.00
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.
$51.70 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $6,040.00 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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| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.70 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.70 | ↓ -93% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $51.70 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.70 | ↓ -93% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $51.70 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.92 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.92 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $69.28 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $69.28 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.53 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.53 | ↓ -89% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $237.30 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $284.05 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $579.83 | ↓ -18% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $630.25 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $630.25 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $653.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $816.00 | ↑ +16% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +25% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +25% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +25% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +25% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +25% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +25% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +25% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +25% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +25% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $879.92 | ↑ +25% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +25% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $1,099.90 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,235.29 | ↑ +76% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,361.34 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,638.65 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,714.28 | ↑ +144% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,016.80 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,193.27 | ↑ +212% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,394.95 | ↑ +241% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $2,405.00 | ↑ +242% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,521.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,020.00 | ↑ +329% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,604.00 | ↑ +412% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,054.00 | ↑ +476% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,409.00 | ↑ +527% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,040.00 | ↑ +759% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,106.83 | $63.59 – $1,617.30 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,305.09 | $593.00 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,242.92 | $51.70 – $2,656.78 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,022.73 | $51.70 – $1,919.82 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $264.90 | $51.70 – $714.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $262.04 | $51.70 – $714.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,007.36 | $1,002.25 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $8,347.17 | $907.88 – $8,018.00 |