Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct 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

$413.76

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.

$1,483.00

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.

$149.91 with HCLA vs $11,929.00 with Cigna — 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $149.91 ↓ -64%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $149.91 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $149.91 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $149.91 ↓ -64%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $149.91 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $200.88 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $200.88 ↓ -51%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $242.09 ↓ -41%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $242.09 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $249.23 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $249.23 ↓ -40%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $332.74 ↓ -20%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $332.74 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $354.21 ↓ -14%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $354.21 ↓ -14%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $354.21 ↓ -14%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $370.75 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $370.75 ↓ -10%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +2%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +2%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +2%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +2%
United Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +2%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +2%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +2%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +2%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $421.45 ↑ +2%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +2%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +2%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $421.45 ↑ +2%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $421.45 ↑ +2%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $526.81 ↑ +27%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $688.09 ↑ +66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $715.00 ↑ +73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $891.00 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $892.00 ↑ +116%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $963.95 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $997.00 ↑ +141%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,186.40 ↑ +187%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,188.35 ↑ +187%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,280.00 ↑ +209%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,290.21 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $1,483.00 ↑ +258%
United Commercial|HMO $1,483.00 ↑ +258%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,483.00 ↑ +258%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,525.00 ↑ +510%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,013.00 ↑ +628%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,391.00 ↑ +720%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11,929.00 ↑ +2783%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11,929.00 ↑ +2783%

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Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $425.74 $108.73 – $834.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,228.79 $149.91 – $11,311.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $453.55 $149.91 – $667.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $984.32 $149.91 – $9,050.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $322.77 $149.91 – $843.90
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $310.12 $149.91 – $796.37
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $428.91 $424.83 – $1,333.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $271.07 $97.02 – $1,266.00

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