Carboplatin 10 mg/ml desensitization 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

$17.58

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.

$63.00

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.

$2.89 with Healthcare Partners vs $63.00 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
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $2.89 ↓ -84%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2.89 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $2.93 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $2.93 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $3.93 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $3.93 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $4.10 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $4.10 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $4.83 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $4.83 ↓ -73%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5.90 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|HMO $5.99 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.99 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6.36 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.36 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6.36 ↓ -64%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7.05 ↓ -60%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $7.90 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9.52 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.52 ↓ -46%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $13.45 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $14.65 ↓ -17%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $15.75 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $15.75 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $27.72 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $27.72 ↑ +58%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $40.95 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $49.77 ↑ +183%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $50.40 ↑ +187%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $54.18 ↑ +208%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $54.81 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $63.00 ↑ +258%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $63.00 ↑ +258%

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Carboplatin 10 mg/ml desensitization at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $37.23 $4.31 – $28.47
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.38 $4.31 – $67.62
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $41.96 $16.30 – $61.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $38.81 $2.93 – $70.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $40.07 $2.93 – $15.39
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $39.64 $4.12 – $14.22
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $404.90 $5.86 – $171.79
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $404.90 $4.22 – $204.92

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