Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer auto screen/manual rescreen/review at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$16.47
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.
$59.00
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.
$14.75 with DHR vs $117.50 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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| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.75 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.75 | ↓ -10% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $23.50 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.50 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.50 | ↑ +43% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $23.50 | ↑ +43% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.50 | ↑ +43% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $26.61 | ↑ +62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $26.61 | ↑ +62% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $26.61 | ↑ +62% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $26.61 | ↑ +62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $26.61 | ↑ +62% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $26.61 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $26.61 | ↑ +62% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $26.61 | ↑ +62% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $26.61 | ↑ +62% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $26.61 | ↑ +62% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $26.61 | ↑ +62% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $26.61 | ↑ +62% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $26.61 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $26.61 | ↑ +62% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $26.61 | ↑ +62% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $26.61 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $31.26 | ↑ +90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $31.26 | ↑ +90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $31.51 | ↑ +91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $31.51 | ↑ +91% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $31.93 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $31.93 | ↑ +94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $32.90 | ↑ +100% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $32.90 | ↑ +100% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $33.26 | ↑ +102% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $38.35 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $46.61 | ↑ +183% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $47.20 | ↑ +187% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $48.53 | ↑ +195% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.53 | ↑ +195% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $51.33 | ↑ +212% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $54.28 | ↑ +230% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $59.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $59.00 | ↑ +258% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $59.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $59.00 | ↑ +258% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $59.00 | ↑ +258% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $107.86 | ↑ +555% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $117.50 | ↑ +613% |
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Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer auto screen/manual rescreen/review at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $113.52 | $7.50 – $117.50 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $106.36 | $16.50 – $117.50 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $88.35 | $7.50 – $59.36 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $89.25 | $9.00 – $117.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $26.08 – $165.26 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $26.61 – $208.84 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $26.61 – $236.83 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $26.61 – $106.12 |