Brachytx isodose complex 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

$1,860.10

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.

$6,667.00

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.

$313.39 with Kaiser vs $6,667.00 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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $313.39 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $313.39 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $313.39 ↓ -83%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $313.39 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $313.39 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $420.26 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $420.26 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $438.75 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $438.75 ↓ -76%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $465.13 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $465.13 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $465.13 ↓ -75%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $465.13 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $465.13 ↓ -75%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $465.13 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $465.13 ↓ -75%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $465.13 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $465.13 ↓ -75%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $465.13 ↓ -75%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $465.13 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $465.13 ↓ -75%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $465.13 ↓ -75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $465.13 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $465.13 ↓ -75%
United Medicare|All Plans $465.13 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $492.43 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $492.43 ↓ -74%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $581.41 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $687.89 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $687.89 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $687.89 ↓ -63%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,438.46 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|HMO $1,500.00 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,520.00 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,566.95 ↓ -16%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,666.75 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,666.75 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $2,287.81 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,266.83 ↑ +76%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,266.83 ↑ +76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,278.97 ↑ +76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $4,000.20 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,491.37 ↑ +141%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,333.60 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,800.29 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $6,667.00 ↑ +258%

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Brachytx isodose complex at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $509.40 $314.01 – $1,011.81
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,619.36 $481.58 – $2,229.67
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,413.85 $313.39 – $4,809.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,224.44 $521.01 – $1,672.75
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $6,884.64 $409.34 – $890.92
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $1,104.60 $436.73 – $890.92
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $500.09 $282.05 – $1,566.95
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $3,232.60 $348.67 – $918.38

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