Change of windpipe airway 31502 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

$430.78

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$1,544.00

Gross charge

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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.

$59.57 with HCLA vs $6,311.00 with United — 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

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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $59.57 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $59.57 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $59.57 ↓ -86%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $59.57 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $59.57 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $79.23 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $79.23 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $79.88 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $79.88 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $83.40 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $83.40 ↓ -81%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $273.43 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $295.06 ↓ -32%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $295.06 ↓ -32%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $295.06 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $295.06 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $295.06 ↓ -32%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $295.06 ↓ -32%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $295.06 ↓ -32%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $295.06 ↓ -32%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $295.06 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $295.06 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $295.06 ↓ -32%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $295.06 ↓ -32%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $295.06 ↓ -32%
United Medicare|All Plans $295.06 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $295.06 ↓ -32%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $295.06 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $297.85 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $368.00 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $368.00 ↓ -15%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $368.82 ↓ -14%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $386.00 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $386.00 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $653.00 ↑ +52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $816.00 ↑ +89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,003.60 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,235.20 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,343.28 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $1,544.00 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $1,718.00 ↑ +299%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,525.00 ↑ +486%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,013.00 ↑ +599%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,150.00 ↑ +631%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,391.00 ↑ +687%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,018.00 ↑ +833%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,316.00 ↑ +902%
United Commercial|HMO $6,311.00 ↑ +1365%

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Change of windpipe airway 31502 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $201.92 $90.12 – $521.66
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $471.24 $319.18 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $323.14 $59.57 – $739.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $245.40 $59.57 – $1,149.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $520.15 $59.57 – $1,233.76
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $514.54 $59.57 – $12,607.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,080.18 $336.29 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $676.77 $304.63 – $8,018.00

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