Blood split unit 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

$241.90

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.

$867.00

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.

$100.50 with DHR vs $6,311.00 with United — 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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $100.50 ↓ -58%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $100.50 ↓ -58%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $149.20 ↓ -38%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $149.20 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $149.20 ↓ -38%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $149.20 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $149.20 ↓ -38%
United Medicare|All Plans $180.17 ↓ -26%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $180.17 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $180.17 ↓ -26%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $180.17 ↓ -26%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $180.17 ↓ -26%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $180.17 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $180.17 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $180.17 ↓ -26%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $180.17 ↓ -26%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $180.17 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $180.17 ↓ -26%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $180.17 ↓ -26%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $180.17 ↓ -26%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $180.17 ↓ -26%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $180.17 ↓ -26%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $180.17 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $198.44 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $198.44 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $200.08 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $200.08 ↓ -17%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $208.88 ↓ -14%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $208.88 ↓ -14%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $225.21 ↓ -7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $261.30 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $281.40 ↑ +16%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $321.60 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $325.62 ↑ +35%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $349.74 ↑ +45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $402.00 ↑ +66%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $402.00 ↑ +66%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $684.83 ↑ +183%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $746.00 ↑ +208%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,018.00 ↑ +1561%
United Commercial|HMO $6,311.00 ↑ +2509%

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Blood split unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $98.99 $61.02 – $349.02
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $115.77 not published
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,336.72 $149.20 – $2,882.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,322.31 $149.20 – $2,846.37
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $219.30 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $56.10 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $56.10 not published
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $782.34 $149.20 – $2,182.02

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