Collar cerv ascend 172 reg 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

$36.00

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.

$129.00

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.

$14.60 with Healthcare Partners vs $651.30 with Blue Shield CA — 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
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $14.60 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $16.79 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $16.79 ↓ -53%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $18.25 ↓ -49%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $18.25 ↓ -49%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $19.71 ↓ -45%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $21.90 ↓ -39%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $21.90 ↓ -39%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $22.63 ↓ -37%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $27.01 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $27.74 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $27.74 ↓ -23%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $30.66 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|HMO $33.58 ↓ -7%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $35.77 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $43.80 ↑ +22%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $46.72 ↑ +30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $47.45 ↑ +32%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $58.40 ↑ +62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $58.40 ↑ +62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $62.05 ↑ +72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $62.05 ↑ +72%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $62.78 ↑ +74%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $62.78 ↑ +74%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $62.78 ↑ +74%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $63.51 ↑ +76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $64.97 ↑ +80%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $73.00 ↑ +103%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $73.00 ↑ +103%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $73.00 ↑ +103%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $73.00 ↑ +103%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $73.00 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $73.00 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $73.00 ↑ +103%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $73.00 ↑ +103%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $335.07 ↑ +831%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $651.30 ↑ +1709%

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Collar cerv ascend 172 reg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $261.05 $5.52 – $224.05
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $529.82 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $113.85 $11.50 – $23.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $104.28 $4.37 – $23.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $189.21 $6.25 – $25.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $187.17 $6.25 – $25.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $410.14 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $501.77 not published

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