Br punct aspir ea add, l 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

$207.58

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.

$744.00

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.

$23.93 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $4,316.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $23.93 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $23.93 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $23.93 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $23.93 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $23.93 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $32.07 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $32.07 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $39.78 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $39.78 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $52.79 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $52.79 ↓ -75%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $109.84 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $171.12 ↓ -18%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $186.00 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $186.00 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $188.55 ↓ -9%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $364.56 ↑ +76%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $401.76 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $483.60 ↑ +133%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $505.92 ↑ +144%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $595.20 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $647.28 ↑ +212%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $653.00 ↑ +215%
United Commercial|HMO $706.80 ↑ +240%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $744.00 ↑ +258%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $816.00 ↑ +293%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $1,718.00 ↑ +728%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,150.00 ↑ +1417%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,316.00 ↑ +1979%

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Br punct aspir ea add, l at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $178.71 $29.43 – $318.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $380.50 $23.93 – $871.22
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $503.50 $23.93 – $324.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $357.51 $23.93 – $298.90
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $426.28 $23.93 – $815.24
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $421.69 $23.93 – $906.84
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $154.06 $23.93 – $440.16
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