Aspiration fine needle (fna) biopsy w/ultrasound guidance 1st lesion at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$611.57
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.
$2,192.00
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.
$111.69 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 | $111.69 | ↓ -82% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $111.69 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.69 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.69 | ↓ -82% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $111.69 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $148.55 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $148.55 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.78 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.78 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $156.37 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $156.37 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $504.16 | ↓ -18% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $512.66 | ↓ -16% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $548.00 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $548.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $558.45 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $653.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $816.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +46% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +46% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +46% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +46% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +46% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +46% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +46% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +46% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +46% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +46% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $893.98 | ↑ +46% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +46% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,074.08 | ↑ +76% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $1,117.47 | ↑ +83% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,183.68 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,424.80 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,490.56 | ↑ +144% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,718.00 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,753.60 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,907.04 | ↑ +212% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,082.40 | ↑ +241% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,192.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,020.00 | ↑ +394% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,150.00 | ↑ +415% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,604.00 | ↑ +489% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,054.00 | ↑ +563% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,316.00 | ↑ +606% |
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Aspiration fine needle (fna) biopsy w/ultrasound guidance 1st lesion at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $969.30 | $168.98 – $1,726.14 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,056.53 | $140.72 – $1,963.28 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,313.76 | $593.00 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,768.93 | $111.69 – $2,327.50 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,619.05 | $111.69 – $1,042.72 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,620.14 | $111.69 – $2,235.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $924.91 | $111.69 – $1,994.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $914.94 | $111.69 – $1,969.47 |