CT scan for localization at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$759.44
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.
$2,722.00
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.
$199.48 with Kaiser vs $2,722.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $199.48 | ↓ -74% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $199.48 | ↓ -74% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $199.48 | ↓ -74% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $199.48 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $199.48 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $265.31 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $265.31 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $267.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $267.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $279.27 | ↓ -63% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $279.27 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $626.06 | ↓ -18% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $680.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $680.50 | ↓ -10% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $915.61 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $997.40 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,513.30 | ↑ +99% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,513.30 | ↑ +99% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,513.30 | ↑ +99% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,617.00 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,617.00 | ↑ +113% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,769.30 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $2,150.38 | ↑ +183% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,177.60 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,368.14 | ↑ +212% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,504.24 | ↑ +230% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,585.90 | ↑ +241% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,722.00 | ↑ +258% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,722.00 | ↑ +258% |
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CT scan for localization at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,111.21 | $301.79 – $1,978.86 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $4,476.86 | $199.48 – $2,251.06 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,442.51 | $199.48 – $7,423.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,405.40 | $199.48 – $9,186.21 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,672.17 | $199.48 – $3,635.52 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $6,093.99 | $2,073.13 – $2,965.08 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,464.96 | $2,416.91 – $3,094.16 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $5,116.01 | $199.48 – $4,504.50 |