Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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

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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.

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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.

$264.88 with HCLA vs $7,773.00 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.

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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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $264.88
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $264.88
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $264.88
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $264.88
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $264.88
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $354.94
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $354.94
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $440.36
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $440.36
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $584.56
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $584.56
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,215.80
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,087.70
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $3,096.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,234.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,041.00
United Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,484.02
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,484.02
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $4,484.02
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4,484.02
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $4,484.02
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $4,484.02
MHN Commercial|All Plans $4,484.02
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $5,605.02
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,674.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,773.00
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,333.23 $325.80 – $8,890.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,916.59 $264.88 – $4,478.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,755.38 $264.88 – $4,478.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,687.00 $264.88 – $7,950.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,039.50 $264.88 – $6,542.78
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $5,673.03 $264.88 – $6,617.52
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $4,152.45 $264.88 – $7,982.37
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,424.80 $1,747.00 – $10,824.34

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