Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$15.07
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.
$54.00
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.
$1.82 with HCLA vs $54.00 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.
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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| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $1.82 | ↓ -88% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $1.82 | ↓ -88% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1.85 | ↓ -88% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1.85 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $2.39 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $2.39 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $2.44 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $2.44 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $2.55 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $2.55 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2.97 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.97 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3.06 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3.95 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.95 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3.95 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.10 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4.94 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.94 | ↓ -67% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $8.35 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.10 | ↓ -40% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $23.76 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.76 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24.43 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $33.43 | ↑ +122% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $35.10 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $42.66 | ↑ +183% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $43.20 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $46.98 | ↑ +212% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $54.00 | ↑ +258% |
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Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $57.38 | $1.42 – $19.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $65.33 | $3.64 – $12.33 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $40.24 | $2.76 – $29.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $36.85 | $1.82 – $29.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $191.44 | $1.82 – $43.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $189.38 | $2.38 – $42.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $65.33 | $3.64 – $13.35 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $65.33 | $3.91 – $15.93 |