Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$586.18
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.
$2,101.00
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.
$94.42 with Kaiser vs $4,316.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $94.42 | ↓ -84% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $94.42 | ↓ -84% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $94.42 | ↓ -84% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $94.42 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $94.42 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $126.52 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $126.52 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $156.97 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $156.97 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $208.36 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $208.36 | ↓ -64% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $433.39 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $483.23 | ↓ -18% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $525.25 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $525.25 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $744.15 | ↑ +27% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +50% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +50% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +50% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +50% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +50% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +50% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +50% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +50% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +50% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $879.92 | ↑ +50% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +50% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,029.49 | ↑ +76% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $1,099.90 | ↑ +88% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,134.54 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,365.65 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,428.68 | ↑ +144% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,680.80 | ↑ +187% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,718.00 | ↑ +193% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,827.87 | ↑ +212% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,995.95 | ↑ +241% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,101.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,114.00 | ↑ +261% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,642.00 | ↑ +351% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,020.00 | ↑ +415% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,150.00 | ↑ +437% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,604.00 | ↑ +515% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,054.00 | ↑ +592% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,316.00 | ↑ +636% |
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Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $614.52 | $116.14 – $1,617.30 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,361.19 | $951.25 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,644.38 | $94.42 – $3,655.40 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,011.32 | $94.42 – $1,295.56 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,506.07 | $94.42 – $2,997.82 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $748.31 | $94.42 – $880.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $423.89 | $94.42 – $879.92 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,326.51 | $1,002.25 – $6,200.00 |