Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement 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

$333.13

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.

$1,194.00

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.

$34.86 with HCLA vs $1,194.00 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $34.86 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $34.86 ↓ -90%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $34.86 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $34.86 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $34.86 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $46.75 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $46.75 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $48.80 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $48.80 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $50.85 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $50.85 ↓ -85%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -76%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -76%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -76%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $78.77 ↓ -76%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -76%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -76%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $78.77 ↓ -76%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $94.52 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|HMO $94.52 ↓ -72%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $98.46 ↓ -70%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $111.54 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $115.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $117.16 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $117.16 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $117.16 ↓ -65%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $130.00 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $143.62 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $143.62 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $167.16 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $174.30 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $202.98 ↓ -39%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $298.50 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $298.50 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $312.06 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $447.25 ↑ +34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $612.62 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $776.10 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $955.20 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,038.78 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $1,194.00 ↑ +258%

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Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $530.42 $52.74 – $944.58
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $148.36 $15.75 – $229.89
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $684.93 $77.19 – $229.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $237.12 $34.86 – $542.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $402.59 $34.86 – $1,006.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $233.73 $34.14 – $372.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $231.21 $34.14 – $368.14
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $788.46 $78.77 – $290.03

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