Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries limited bilateral 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

$444.17

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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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$1,592.00

Gross charge

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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.

$59.79 with HCLA vs $5,811.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $59.79 ↓ -87%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $59.79 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $59.79 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $59.79 ↓ -87%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $59.79 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $80.12 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $80.12 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $99.39 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $99.39 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $132.71 ↓ -70%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $132.71 ↓ -70%
United Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -63%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -63%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -63%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -63%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 ↓ -63%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -63%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -63%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $163.78 ↓ -63%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↓ -63%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $204.72 ↓ -54%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $274.44 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $375.11 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $375.11 ↓ -16%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $398.00 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $398.00 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $473.95 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $501.04 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $718.11 ↑ +62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $983.62 ↑ +121%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,034.80 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,273.60 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,385.04 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $1,592.00 ↑ +258%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,827.00 ↑ +762%
United Commercial|HMO $5,811.00 ↑ +1208%

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Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries limited bilateral at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $368.80 $73.54 – $585.60
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $244.22 $25.78 – $307.49
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $566.25 $59.79 – $1,168.16
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,698.30 $59.79 – $782.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $467.27 $59.79 – $623.18
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $214.81 $59.79 – $591.22
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $212.50 $59.79 – $591.22
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $263.16 $188.91 – $434.63

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