Brach/thor cath addl at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$159.03
Cash price 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.
$570.00
Gross charge 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.
$49.56 with HCLA 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $49.56 | ↓ -69% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $49.56 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.56 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.56 | ↓ -69% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $49.56 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $66.41 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $66.41 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.39 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.39 | ↓ -48% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $109.37 | ↓ -31% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $109.37 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $131.10 | ↓ -18% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.50 | ↓ -10% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $227.48 | ↑ +43% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $279.30 | ↑ +76% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $307.80 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $370.50 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $387.60 | ↑ +144% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $390.60 | ↑ +146% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $456.00 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $495.90 | ↑ +212% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $541.50 | ↑ +241% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $570.00 | ↑ +258% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,718.00 | ↑ +980% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,150.00 | ↑ +1881% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,316.00 | ↑ +2614% |
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Brach/thor cath addl at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $166.01 | $60.96 – $295.62 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,304.98 | $49.56 – $1,166.20 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,216.38 | $49.56 – $1,166.20 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $197.38 | $49.56 – $473.48 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $204.79 | $49.56 – $552.42 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $584.97 | $398.74 – $6,200.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $568.89 | $49.56 – $406.56 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $584.97 | $375.68 – $4,042.00 |