Cytopath smear other source at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$76.17
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.
$273.00
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.
$59.71 with United vs $349.30 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.
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 |
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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $59.71 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $59.71 | ↓ -22% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -11% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $67.89 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -11% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -11% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -11% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -11% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -11% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -11% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -11% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -11% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -11% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $67.89 | ↓ -11% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $68.25 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $68.25 | ↓ -10% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $69.86 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $69.86 | ↓ -8% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $69.86 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $69.86 | ↓ -8% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $69.86 | ↓ -8% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $84.86 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $93.68 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $93.68 | ↑ +23% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $97.80 | ↑ +28% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $97.80 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.68 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.68 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $114.48 | ↑ +50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $138.82 | ↑ +82% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $138.82 | ↑ +82% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $146.63 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $146.63 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $146.63 | ↑ +93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $164.08 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $177.45 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $218.40 | ↑ +187% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $223.53 | ↑ +193% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $224.74 | ↑ +195% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $237.51 | ↑ +212% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $273.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $349.30 | ↑ +359% |
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Cytopath smear other source at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $102.51 | $70.23 – $98.94 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $66.06 | $25.66 – $97.20 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $56.40 | $38.00 – $218.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $55.79 | $38.00 – $218.80 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $230.52 | $73.99 – $106.40 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $82.11 | $67.02 – $120.66 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $73.07 | $12.80 – $102.37 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $324.87 | $120.94 – $120.94 |