Bowel imaging 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

$946.09

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.

$3,391.00

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.

$155.12 with HCLA vs $3,391.00 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 $155.12 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $155.12 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $155.12 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $155.12 ↓ -84%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $155.12 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $206.31 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $206.31 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $208.02 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $208.02 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $217.17 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $217.17 ↓ -77%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -46%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -46%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -46%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -46%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -46%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -46%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↓ -46%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -46%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -46%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $510.57 ↓ -46%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -46%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $638.21 ↓ -33%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $712.00 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $775.60 ↓ -18%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $847.75 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $847.75 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $855.71 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $855.71 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $855.71 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $965.91 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,254.00 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,254.00 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,384.37 ↑ +46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,896.24 ↑ +100%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,204.15 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,712.80 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,950.17 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $3,391.00 ↑ +258%

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Bowel imaging at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $795.85 $234.68 – $1,824.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,136.67 $80.37 – $1,643.18
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,253.18 $538.74 – $710.37
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,536.10 $155.12 – $3,378.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,682.98 $155.12 – $3,938.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,226.18 $155.12 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $751.28 $155.12 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $743.18 $155.12 – $1,976.45

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