Chest apical lordotic proj 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

$489.09

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.

$1,753.00

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.

$35.26 with HCLA vs $1,753.00 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $35.26 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $35.26 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $35.26 ↓ -93%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $35.26 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $35.26 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $47.28 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $47.28 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $49.36 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $49.36 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $52.26 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $52.26 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $86.48 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $86.48 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $86.48 ↓ -82%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -77%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -77%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $111.88 ↓ -77%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -77%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -77%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $111.88 ↓ -77%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -77%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $139.85 ↓ -71%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $161.84 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $176.30 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $182.03 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|HMO $182.03 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $269.08 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $269.08 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $339.33 ↓ -31%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $438.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $438.25 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $486.34 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $666.16 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,139.45 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,402.40 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,525.11 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $1,753.00 ↑ +258%

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Chest apical lordotic proj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $363.98 $53.35 – $648.18
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $329.90 $17.61 – $511.19
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,104.15 $117.28 – $230.76
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $716.05 $35.26 – $1,493.52
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $580.76 $35.26 – $210.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $521.36 $35.26 – $1,303.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $344.29 $35.26 – $742.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $340.58 $35.26 – $733.12

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