Cytopath smear other source 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

$51.34

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.

$184.00

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.

$29.60 with United vs $229.15 with Blue Shield CA — 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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $29.60 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|HMO $29.60 ↓ -42%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -39%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $31.12 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -39%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -39%
United Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -39%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $31.12 ↓ -39%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -39%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -39%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -39%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -39%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -39%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -39%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $38.90 ↓ -24%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $45.83 ↓ -11%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $45.83 ↓ -11%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $45.83 ↓ -11%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $45.83 ↓ -11%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $45.83 ↓ -11%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $46.00 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $46.00 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $53.43 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $60.95 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $60.95 ↑ +19%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $61.46 ↑ +20%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $61.46 ↑ +20%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $64.16 ↑ +25%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $64.16 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $76.58 ↑ +49%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $85.80 ↑ +67%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $85.80 ↑ +67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $104.89 ↑ +104%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $106.50 ↑ +107%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $106.50 ↑ +107%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $106.50 ↑ +107%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $119.60 ↑ +133%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $146.65 ↑ +186%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $147.20 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $160.08 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $184.00 ↑ +258%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $229.15 ↑ +346%

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Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $146.37 $38.98 – $45.98
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St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $44.30 $7.76 – $62.07

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