Brace ank air stirrup univ 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

$26.79

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.

$96.00

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.

$19.20 with Healthcare Partners vs $514.80 with Blue Shield CA — 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
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $19.20 ↓ -28%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $22.08 ↓ -18%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $22.08 ↓ -18%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $24.00 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $24.00 ↓ -10%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $25.92 ↓ -3%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $28.80 ↑ +8%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $28.80 ↑ +8%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $29.76 ↑ +11%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $35.52 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $36.48 ↑ +36%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $36.48 ↑ +36%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $40.32 ↑ +51%
United Commercial|HMO $44.16 ↑ +65%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $47.04 ↑ +76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $57.60 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $61.44 ↑ +129%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $62.40 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $76.80 ↑ +187%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $76.80 ↑ +187%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $81.60 ↑ +205%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $81.60 ↑ +205%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $82.56 ↑ +208%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $82.56 ↑ +208%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $82.56 ↑ +208%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $83.52 ↑ +212%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $85.44 ↑ +219%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $96.00 ↑ +258%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $96.00 ↑ +258%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $96.00 ↑ +258%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $96.00 ↑ +258%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $96.00 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $96.00 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $96.00 ↑ +258%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $96.00 ↑ +258%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $440.64 ↑ +1545%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $514.80 ↑ +1822%

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Brace ank air stirrup univ at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $152.87 $83.76 – $272.22
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $136.58 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $113.85 $27.00 – $54.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $59.94 $23.29 – $90.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $104.28 $10.26 – $54.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $246.72 $18.75 – $75.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $244.06 $18.75 – $75.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $136.58 not published

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