Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$287.93
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.
$1,032.00
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.
$44.68 with Kaiser vs $5,811.00 with United — 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -84% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.68 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -84% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -84% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $44.68 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.87 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.87 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $74.29 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $74.29 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.19 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.19 | ↓ -66% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $205.08 | ↓ -29% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $258.00 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $258.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $354.25 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $400.16 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $573.52 | ↑ +99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $670.80 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $785.58 | ↑ +173% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $825.60 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $897.84 | ↑ +212% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,032.00 | ↑ +258% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,827.00 | ↑ +1229% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,811.00 | ↑ +1918% |
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Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $198.83 | $6.56 – $64.25 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $346.92 | $44.68 – $867.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $268.61 | $44.68 – $579.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $265.71 | $44.68 – $694.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $857.82 | $139.70 – $347.12 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $577.32 | $393.64 – $393.64 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $540.09 | $52.20 – $157.03 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $462.06 | $394.56 – $394.56 |