Bundled special stain group 2 at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$112.72
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.
$404.00
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.
$13.07 with DHR vs $245.70 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.
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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| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.07 | ↓ -88% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.07 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $32.28 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $33.99 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $40.61 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $40.61 | ↓ -64% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $41.83 | ↓ -63% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $45.49 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $46.27 | ↓ -59% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $49.14 | ↓ -56% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $49.14 | ↓ -56% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.14 | ↓ -56% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.14 | ↓ -56% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $49.14 | ↓ -56% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $52.28 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $52.28 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $52.28 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $52.28 | ↓ -54% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $52.28 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $52.28 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $52.28 | ↓ -54% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $52.28 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $52.28 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $52.28 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $52.28 | ↓ -54% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $52.28 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $128.08 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $128.08 | ↑ +14% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $157.25 | ↑ +40% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +45% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +45% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +45% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +45% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +45% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +45% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +45% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +45% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $163.78 | ↑ +45% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +45% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +45% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $204.72 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $245.70 | ↑ +118% |
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Bundled special stain group 2 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $75.34 | $16.20 – $186.38 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $165.24 | $23.74 – $182.96 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $130.63 | $16.50 – $181.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $70.60 | $19.15 – $72.52 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $119.64 | $8.91 – $212.78 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $37.48 | $19.09 – $201.86 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $37.07 | $19.09 – $201.86 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $108.12 | $30.00 – $188.91 |