Debridement (>20 cm) charge pt 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

$106.58

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.

$382.00

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.

$61.36 with HCLA vs $816.00 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $61.36 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $61.36 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $61.36 ↓ -42%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $61.36 ↓ -42%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $61.36 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $71.12 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $71.12 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $82.22 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $82.22 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $87.86 ↓ -18%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $94.95 ↓ -11%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $94.95 ↓ -11%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $95.50 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $95.50 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $118.42 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $118.42 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $118.42 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $187.18 ↑ +76%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $187.18 ↑ +76%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $221.56 ↑ +108%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $248.30 ↑ +133%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $248.30 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $261.00 ↑ +145%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $267.40 ↑ +151%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $281.64 ↑ +164%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $305.60 ↑ +187%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $309.42 ↑ +190%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $332.34 ↑ +212%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $339.10 ↑ +218%
United Commercial|HMO $362.90 ↑ +240%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $382.00 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $382.00 ↑ +258%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $653.00 ↑ +513%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $816.00 ↑ +666%

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Debridement (>20 cm) charge pt at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $260.61 $15.16 – $398.65
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $43.28 $25.42 – $88.23
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $340.68 $593.00 – $10,997.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $145.10 $61.36 – $230.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $332.34 $61.36 – $489.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $132.89 $61.36 – $237.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $89.79 $61.36 – $196.02
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $88.82 $61.36 – $239.58

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