Cefoxitin 1 gram intravenous 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

$29.58

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.

$106.00

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.

$5.20 with Health Net vs $47.35 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.

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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
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5.20 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $5.23 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $5.23 ↓ -82%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6.21 ↓ -79%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $6.97 ↓ -76%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $7.00 ↓ -76%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $7.00 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.34 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|HMO $7.34 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.39 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8.39 ↓ -72%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $8.40 ↓ -72%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $8.40 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10.88 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10.88 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10.88 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $11.85 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $11.85 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.32 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $12.32 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $12.70 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $12.70 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $13.26 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $13.26 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $18.20 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $22.12 ↓ -25%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $22.40 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $24.08 ↓ -19%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $24.36 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $28.00 ↓ -5%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $28.00 ↓ -5%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $43.47 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $47.35 ↑ +60%

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Cefoxitin 1 gram intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $54.37 $7.34 – $52.26
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $100.58 $7.34 – $70.56
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $109.46 $42.52 – $161.07
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $92.12 $7.34 – $70.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $35.25 $4.45 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $34.87 $7.34 – $23.90
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $145.35 $10.02 – $23.25
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $145.35 $10.27 – $27.73

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