Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$604.32
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.
$2,166.00
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.
$75.62 with HCLA 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.
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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| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $75.62 | ↓ -87% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $75.62 | ↓ -87% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $75.62 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $75.62 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $75.62 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $101.33 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $101.33 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $125.72 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $125.72 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $166.88 | ↓ -72% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $166.88 | ↓ -72% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $347.10 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $498.18 | ↓ -18% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $541.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $541.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $596.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,061.34 | ↑ +76% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,169.64 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,407.90 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,472.88 | ↑ +144% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,718.00 | ↑ +184% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,732.80 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,884.42 | ↑ +212% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,057.70 | ↑ +240% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +241% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +241% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +241% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +241% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +241% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +241% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +241% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +241% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +241% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +241% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +241% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +241% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +241% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +241% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $2,058.68 | ↑ +241% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +241% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,114.00 | ↑ +250% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,166.00 | ↑ +258% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $2,573.35 | ↑ +326% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,642.00 | ↑ +337% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,150.00 | ↑ +421% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,316.00 | ↑ +614% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,319.00 | ↑ +615% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,156.00 | ↑ +753% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,798.00 | ↑ +859% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $833.52 | $93.01 – $3,763.88 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,014.25 | $108.73 – $1,884.71 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,014.10 | $1,921.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,163.12 | $75.62 – $2,822.40 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,374.63 | $75.62 – $884.94 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,901.60 | $75.62 – $2,723.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,719.22 | $75.62 – $3,707.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,700.68 | $75.62 – $3,660.86 |