Change cystostomy tube; complex 51710 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

$1,225.93

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.

$4,394.00

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.

$120.48 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $4,394.00 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
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $120.48 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $120.48 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $120.48 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $120.48 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $120.48 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $161.44 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $161.44 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $200.30 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $200.30 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $265.87 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $265.87 ↓ -78%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $553.00 ↓ -55%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -31%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -31%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -31%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -31%
United Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -31%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -31%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -31%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $848.09 ↓ -31%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -31%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -31%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $848.09 ↓ -31%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $848.09 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $949.55 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,010.62 ↓ -18%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $1,060.11 ↓ -14%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,098.50 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,098.50 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $1,718.00 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,114.00 ↑ +72%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $2,153.06 ↑ +76%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,372.76 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,642.00 ↑ +116%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,856.10 ↑ +133%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,987.92 ↑ +144%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,020.00 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,150.00 ↑ +157%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,515.20 ↑ +187%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,604.00 ↑ +194%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,822.78 ↑ +212%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,054.00 ↑ +231%
United Commercial|HMO $4,174.30 ↑ +241%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,316.00 ↑ +252%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $4,394.00 ↑ +258%

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Change cystostomy tube; complex 51710 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,196.62 $148.19 – $2,130.96
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,681.58 $939.68 – $2,695.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $233.36 $120.48 – $629.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $230.85 $120.48 – $629.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,129.25 $990.07 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,419.84 $896.84 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $768.57 $939.50 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,056.72 $3,331.00 – $20,799.00

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