Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at Northridge Hospital Medical Center

18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$51.90

Cash price

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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.

$186.00

Gross charge

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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.

$5.99 with Health Net vs $186.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5.99 ↓ -88%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $6.96 ↓ -87%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $6.96 ↓ -87%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7.15 ↓ -86%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $8.02 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9.66 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.66 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $11.31 ↓ -78%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $11.31 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $11.62 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.39 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|HMO $12.39 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14.87 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $14.87 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.87 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $15.17 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $15.17 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $15.83 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $15.83 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $15.90 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $15.92 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $15.92 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $20.79 ↓ -60%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $46.50 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $46.50 ↓ -10%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $51.91 ↑ +0%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $56.55 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $81.84 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $81.84 ↑ +58%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $120.90 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $148.80 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $161.82 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $186.00 ↑ +258%

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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $63.08 $6.27 – $112.32
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $5.87 – $14.73
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $205.44 $10.39 – $470.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $188.16 $9.66 – $470.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $18.93 $5.12 – $27.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $18.72 $9.36 – $32.67
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $6.35 – $14.73
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $7.57 – $14.73

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