Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) 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

$1,540.36

Cash price

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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.

$5,521.00

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.

$154.13 with Kaiser vs $5,798.00 with Health Net — 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
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $154.13 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $154.13 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $154.13 ↓ -90%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $154.13 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $154.13 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $204.99 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $204.99 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $206.69 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $206.69 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $215.78 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $215.78 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $653.00 ↓ -58%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $707.46 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $770.65 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $816.00 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,269.83 ↓ -18%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,380.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,380.25 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $1,718.00 ↑ +12%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $2,705.29 ↑ +76%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,981.34 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,150.00 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $3,588.65 ↑ +133%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +136%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +136%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +136%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +136%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +136%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +136%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +136%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +136%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +136%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +136%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +136%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +136%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $3,636.52 ↑ +136%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +136%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +136%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $3,636.52 ↑ +136%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,754.28 ↑ +144%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,316.00 ↑ +180%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,319.00 ↑ +180%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,416.80 ↑ +187%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $4,545.65 ↑ +195%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,803.27 ↑ +212%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,156.00 ↑ +235%
United Commercial|HMO $5,244.95 ↑ +241%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $5,521.00 ↑ +258%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,798.00 ↑ +276%

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Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,011.78 $233.18 – $4,620.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,835.93 $154.13 – $6,298.46
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $173.83 $53.04 – $200.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,493.52 $154.13 – $4,870.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,550.63 $154.13 – $3,819.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,523.13 $154.13 – $3,771.46
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,139.78 $1,727.00 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,972.90 $1,802.00 – $9,858.00

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