CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and without contrast) 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

$4,327.02

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.

$15,509.00

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.

$319.24 with HCLA vs $15,509.00 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.

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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 $319.24 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $319.24 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $319.24 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $319.24 ↓ -93%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $319.24 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $424.59 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $424.59 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $428.10 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $428.10 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $446.94 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $446.94 ↓ -90%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -90%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -90%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $453.77 ↓ -90%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -90%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $453.77 ↓ -90%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -90%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $567.21 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|HMO $828.27 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $828.27 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $1,001.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,188.66 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,188.66 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,188.66 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,383.00 ↓ -68%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,465.31 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,596.20 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,617.00 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,617.00 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,895.00 ↓ -56%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $3,877.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $3,877.25 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $10,080.85 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,407.20 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $13,492.83 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $15,509.00 ↑ +258%

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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and without contrast) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,262.23 $453.77 – $5,809.44
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $3,575.60 $71.43 – $6,095.48
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $12,408.81 $470.15 – $2,058.85
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,666.92 $319.24 – $8,014.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $9,570.42 $319.24 – $3,093.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,698.92 $319.24 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,783.46 $319.24 – $8,158.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,742.67 $319.24 – $8,056.42

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