Coombs indirect qualitative each reagent red cell reference at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$184.14
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.
$660.00
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.
$6.86 with United vs $660.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6.86 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6.86 | ↓ -96% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $7.30 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $7.30 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $7.30 | ↓ -96% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $7.30 | ↓ -96% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $7.30 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.67 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.67 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.79 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.79 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.43 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $10.43 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.36 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $23.64 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $23.64 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.64 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $36.50 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $63.52 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $91.04 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $92.40 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $112.20 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $124.70 | ↓ -32% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $165.00 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $165.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +18% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +18% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +18% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +18% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +18% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +18% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +18% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +18% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +18% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +18% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $217.73 | ↑ +18% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +18% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $272.16 | ↑ +48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $429.00 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $528.00 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $574.20 | ↑ +212% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $660.00 | ↑ +258% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Coombs indirect qualitative each reagent red cell reference at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $87.72 | $11.44 – $229.59 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $87.72 | $11.44 – $59.03 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $87.72 | $11.44 – $219.12 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $166.26 | $67.10 – $67.10 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $87.72 | $11.44 – $237.06 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $73.53 | $5.09 – $92.61 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $244.80 | $6.86 – $736.86 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $174.95 | $6.86 – $314.58 |