Cidofovir injection 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

$956.42

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.

$3,428.00

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.

$400.46 with BCBS - Anthem vs $3,428.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $400.46 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $400.46 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|HMO $496.82 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $496.82 ↓ -48%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $521.83 ↓ -45%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $521.83 ↓ -45%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $623.27 ↓ -35%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $623.27 ↓ -35%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $643.08 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $672.62 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $672.62 ↓ -30%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $672.62 ↓ -30%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $672.62 ↓ -30%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $672.62 ↓ -30%
United Medicare|All Plans $672.62 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $672.62 ↓ -30%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $672.62 ↓ -30%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $672.62 ↓ -30%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $672.62 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $672.62 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $672.62 ↓ -30%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $672.62 ↓ -30%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $672.62 ↓ -30%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $672.62 ↓ -30%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $672.62 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $699.77 ↓ -27%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $699.77 ↓ -27%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $730.56 ↓ -24%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $730.56 ↓ -24%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $767.55 ↓ -20%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $840.77 ↓ -12%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $857.00 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $857.00 ↓ -10%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $860.90 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,037.23 ↑ +8%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,037.23 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,132.89 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,132.89 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,132.89 ↑ +18%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,508.32 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,508.32 ↑ +58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,858.11 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,228.20 ↑ +133%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $2,395.20 ↑ +150%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,543.28 ↑ +166%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,609.15 ↑ +173%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $2,708.12 ↑ +183%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,742.40 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,982.36 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $3,428.00 ↑ +258%

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Cidofovir injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,314.00 $496.82 – $1,723.77
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,800.64 $496.82 – $8,702.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,297.35 $397.45 – $2,792.65
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,574.21 $560.79 – $1,121.93
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,574.21 $560.79 – $1,211.48
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,648.28 $427.08 – $1,121.93
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,783.96 $496.82 – $3,256.16
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $3,196.80 $478.07 – $6,038.40

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