Colposcopy w/biopsy of cervix 57455 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

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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.

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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.

$63.64 with HCLA vs $4,316.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $63.64
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $63.64
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $63.64
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $63.64
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $63.64
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $85.34
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $85.34
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $89.10
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $89.10
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $105.80
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $105.80
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $292.11
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $318.20
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $386.50
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $386.50
Humana Commercial|All Plans $386.50
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $386.50
Humana Medicare|All Plans $386.50
MHN Commercial|All Plans $386.50
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $386.50
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $386.50
First Health Commercial|All Plans $386.50
Molina Medicare|All Plans $386.50
United Medicare|All Plans $386.50
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $386.50
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $386.50
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $386.50
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $386.50
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $386.50
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $483.13
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $653.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $816.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $1,718.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,525.00
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,013.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,150.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,391.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,316.00
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital

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Colposcopy w/biopsy of cervix 57455 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $800.19 $410.58 – $3,982.87
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $387.03 $57.28 – $630.42
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $433.44 $333.14 – $1,293.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $442.56 $333.14 – $1,535.00
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $520.80 $352.70 – $5,977.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $96.28 – $732.82
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $410.66 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $63.64 – $386.50

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