Contrast x-ray of brain at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$538.75
Cash price 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.
$1,931.00
Gross charge 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.
$118.38 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,379.96 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.38 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.38 | ↓ -78% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $127.68 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.68 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.68 | ↓ -76% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $127.68 | ↓ -76% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $127.68 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $171.22 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $171.22 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $178.75 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $178.75 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $315.63 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $315.63 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $315.63 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $431.84 | ↓ -20% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $482.75 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $482.75 | ↓ -10% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $586.05 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $618.93 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $638.40 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $847.78 | ↑ +57% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +86% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +86% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +86% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +86% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +86% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +86% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +86% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $1,003.85 | ↑ +86% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +86% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +86% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $1,254.81 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,255.15 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,544.80 | ↑ +187% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,609.16 | ↑ +199% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,609.16 | ↑ +199% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,679.97 | ↑ +212% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,931.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,379.96 | ↑ +342% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,379.96 | ↑ +342% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Contrast x-ray of brain at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,464.54 | $127.68 – $639.94 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,362.69 | $127.68 – $3,751.09 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,348.00 | $117.49 – $3,751.09 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,409.44 | $127.68 – $1,036.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $772.50 | $102.36 – $756.80 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $1,833.60 | $481.18 – $1,865.27 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $956.16 | $470.88 – $1,865.27 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $773.50 | $222.16 – $3,834.71 |