Bone marrow imaging mult 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

$790.69

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.

$2,834.00

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.

$181.49 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,834.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $181.49 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $181.49 ↓ -77%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -35%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -35%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -35%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -35%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -35%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -35%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↓ -35%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -35%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -35%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $510.57 ↓ -35%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -35%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $638.21 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $653.90 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $653.90 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $653.90 ↓ -17%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $708.50 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $708.50 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $765.18 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $1,006.41 ↑ +27%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,254.00 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,254.00 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,442.42 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,842.10 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,975.76 ↑ +150%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,267.20 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,465.58 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $2,834.00 ↑ +258%

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Bone marrow imaging mult at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,256.78 $80.37 – $1,816.81
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $695.52 $437.05 – $951.22
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,057.05 $552.06 – $6,158.70
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $620.20 $280.31 – $1,439.81
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $1,426.56 $437.05 – $951.22
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $820.80 $437.05 – $951.22
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance $857.50 $436.18 – $1,572.56
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $841.40 $460.25 – $1,950.38

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