Diffusing capacity at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$319.74
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.
$1,146.00
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.
$55.31 with HCLA vs $1,146.00 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 | $55.31 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $55.31 | ↓ -83% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $55.31 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $55.31 | ↓ -83% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $55.31 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $64.11 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $64.11 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $74.12 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $74.12 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $85.58 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $85.58 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $253.87 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $263.58 | ↓ -18% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $286.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $286.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $305.65 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $376.62 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $539.78 | ↑ +69% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $609.00 | ↑ +90% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $689.00 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $739.37 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $744.90 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $916.80 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $997.02 | ↑ +212% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,088.70 | ↑ +240% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,146.00 | ↑ +258% |
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Diffusing capacity at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $375.37 | $68.03 – $668.46 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $330.75 | $79.53 – $589.76 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,177.08 | $258.52 – $258.52 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $190.46 | $55.31 – $436.10 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $405.60 | $55.31 – $495.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $169.35 | $55.31 – $423.36 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $74.58 | $55.31 – $160.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $73.77 | $55.31 – $198.99 |