Assay alkaline phosphatase at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$133.92
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.
$480.00
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.
$8.09 with BCBS - Anthem vs $480.00 with US Behavioral Health — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.09 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.09 | ↓ -94% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -93% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $8.72 | ↓ -93% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.91 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9.91 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $10.32 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $11.69 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $11.69 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.21 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.21 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15.06 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $15.06 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27.06 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $27.06 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $27.06 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.91 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $43.60 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $67.20 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $79.88 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $81.60 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $114.49 | ↓ -15% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $120.00 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $120.00 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $156.82 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $312.00 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $384.00 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $417.60 | ↑ +212% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $480.00 | ↑ +258% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Assay alkaline phosphatase at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $93.50 | $8.26 – $23.74 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $92.49 | $8.03 – $23.74 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $143.90 | $8.26 – $201.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $74.68 | $7.02 – $208.28 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $140.60 | $6.99 – $256.62 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $51.60 | $6.08 – $96.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $160.71 | $8.26 – $411.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $40.10 | $7.60 – $98.40 |