Decalcification 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

$17.86

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.

$64.00

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.

$10.46 with United vs $64.00 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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.46 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|HMO $10.46 ↓ -41%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $11.33 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $11.33 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $11.33 ↓ -37%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $11.33 ↓ -37%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $11.33 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $15.07 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $15.07 ↓ -16%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $15.19 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $15.19 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $15.76 ↓ -12%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $15.76 ↓ -12%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $15.86 ↓ -11%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $15.86 ↓ -11%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $16.00 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $16.00 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.81 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.81 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.81 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $27.87 ↑ +56%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $36.26 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $39.95 ↑ +124%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $41.60 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $51.20 ↑ +187%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $54.72 ↑ +206%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $55.68 ↑ +212%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $56.65 ↑ +217%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $64.00 ↑ +258%

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Decalcification at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $56.07 $10.46 – $99.84
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $3.80 $3.69 – $13.04
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $51.51 $18.04 – $35.43
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $6.66 $2.25 – $8.67
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $20.78 $3.50 – $24.85
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $20.56 $3.50 – $24.85
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $81.60 $18.04 – $49.56
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $212.67 $18.04 – $29.38

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