Echograp trans r pros study 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

$955.30

Cash price

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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.

$3,424.00

Gross charge

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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.

$135.12 with Central Health Plan vs $3,424.00 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.

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Payer
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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
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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
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -86%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -86%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $135.12 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -86%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -86%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -86%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $135.12 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -86%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $144.06 ↓ -85%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $144.06 ↓ -85%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $154.84 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $154.84 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $154.84 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $154.84 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $154.84 ↓ -84%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $168.90 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $205.94 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $205.94 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $207.64 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $207.64 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $216.78 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $216.78 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $343.62 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $343.62 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $343.62 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $362.18 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $362.18 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $664.54 ↓ -30%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $710.72 ↓ -26%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $774.20 ↓ -19%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $856.00 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $856.00 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $952.44 ↓ -0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,304.60 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,225.60 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,739.20 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,978.88 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $3,424.00 ↑ +258%

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Echograp trans r pros study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,610.58 $148.44 – $617.64
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,443.30 $134.46 – $700.40
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,258.68 $702.04 – $702.04
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $488.64 $114.29 – $248.76
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $274.40 $134.46 – $366.18
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $220.50 $134.46 – $364.82
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $983.04 $114.29 – $248.76
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $1,081.92 $114.29 – $248.76

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