Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution 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

$2,411.96

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$8,645.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$113.76 with BCBS - Anthem vs $8,645.00 with US Behavioral Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $113.76 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $155.71 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $203.67 ↓ -92%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -56%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -56%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -56%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -56%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -56%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -56%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -56%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -56%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $1,061.97 ↓ -56%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $1,061.97 ↓ -56%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $1,204.46 ↓ -50%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $1,204.46 ↓ -50%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $1,327.46 ↓ -45%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1,332.00 ↓ -45%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1,494.00 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $1,525.34 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $1,525.34 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,615.18 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,615.18 ↓ -33%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $1,686.24 ↓ -30%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $1,686.24 ↓ -30%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,729.00 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|HMO $1,884.98 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,884.98 ↓ -22%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2,161.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2,161.25 ↓ -10%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,212.99 ↓ -8%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,420.60 ↑ +0%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,916.94 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,916.94 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,803.80 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,803.80 ↑ +58%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,907.80 ↑ +62%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,907.80 ↑ +62%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,907.80 ↑ +62%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $5,528.47 ↑ +129%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $5,619.25 ↑ +133%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $6,022.30 ↑ +150%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,916.00 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7,521.15 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $8,645.00 ↑ +258%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,621.83 $61.37 – $6,449.82
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,459.58 $57.45 – $1,933.30
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $16,050.00 $101.78 – $36,750.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $14,700.00 $380.62 – $36,750.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,549.79 $10.40 – $1,204.46
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,489.96 $10.40 – $26.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,459.58 $62.18 – $1,933.30
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,459.58 $74.17 – $1,933.30

All California hospitals for this procedure →