Audiometry air + bone at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$116.07
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.
$416.00
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.
$36.35 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $5,811.00 with United — 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 | $36.35 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $36.35 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $36.35 | ↓ -69% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $36.35 | ↓ -69% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $36.35 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $38.92 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $38.92 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.75 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.75 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $50.89 | ↓ -56% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $50.89 | ↓ -56% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $104.00 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $104.00 | ↓ -10% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $166.85 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $181.75 | ↑ +57% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +71% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +71% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +71% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +71% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +71% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +71% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +71% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +71% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +71% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +71% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +71% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $198.80 | ↑ +71% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $198.80 | ↑ +71% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $248.50 | ↑ +114% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $270.40 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $332.80 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $361.92 | ↑ +212% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $416.00 | ↑ +258% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,827.00 | ↑ +3197% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,811.00 | ↑ +4906% |
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Audiometry air + bone at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $306.84 | $36.35 – $551.74 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $344.05 | $115.90 – $306.17 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $173.40 – $176.94 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $182.70 – $182.70 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $165.49 – $165.49 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $179.04 – $182.70 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | not published | $140.67 – $306.17 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $59.93 – $306.17 |