Cutter lead 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

$5,513.88

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.

$19,763.00

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.

$284.60 with Healthcare Partners vs $1,423.00 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
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $284.60 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $327.29 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $327.29 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $355.75 ↓ -94%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $355.75 ↓ -94%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $355.75 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $355.75 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $384.21 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $426.90 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $426.90 ↓ -92%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $441.13 ↓ -92%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $526.51 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $540.74 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $540.74 ↓ -90%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $597.66 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|HMO $654.58 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $697.27 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $853.80 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $910.72 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $924.95 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,138.40 ↓ -79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,138.40 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,209.55 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,209.55 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,223.78 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,223.78 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,223.78 ↓ -78%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,238.01 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,266.47 ↓ -77%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $1,423.00 ↓ -74%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,152.59 $209.52 – $605.28
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,049.00 $464.12 – $1,098.04
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $28,974.38 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,012.98 $179.17 – $763.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5,507.21 $148.01 – $763.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,453.86 $166.25 – $598.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,405.84 $166.25 – $645.05
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $28,974.38 not published

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