Bacterial vaginosis pcr at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$91.80
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.
$329.00
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.
$38.80 with Kaiser vs $329.00 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $38.80 | ↓ -58% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $38.80 | ↓ -58% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $38.80 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $38.80 | ↓ -58% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $38.80 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $46.06 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.60 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.60 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $52.03 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $52.03 | ↓ -43% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $54.32 | ↓ -41% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $54.32 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $55.93 | ↓ -39% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -24% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -24% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -24% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -24% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -24% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -24% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -24% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $70.20 | ↓ -24% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -24% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -24% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -24% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.25 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.25 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $84.24 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $84.24 | ↓ -8% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $87.75 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $127.99 | ↑ +39% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $127.99 | ↑ +39% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $178.09 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $194.00 | ↑ +111% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $213.85 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $259.91 | ↑ +183% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $263.20 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $286.23 | ↑ +212% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $289.75 | ↑ +216% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $289.75 | ↑ +216% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $289.75 | ↑ +216% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $302.68 | ↑ +230% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $329.00 | ↑ +258% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $329.00 | ↑ +258% |
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Bacterial vaginosis pcr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $61.50 | $37.91 – $186.26 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $737.68 | $14.04 – $64.02 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $151.98 | $68.80 – $286.33 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $179.34 | $21.07 – $180.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $164.25 | $11.38 – $212.64 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $151.98 | $70.20 – $361.84 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $151.98 | $70.20 – $410.33 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $151.98 | $411.29 – $411.29 |