Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr 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

$79.80

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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.

$286.00

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.

$13.91 with Health Net vs $183.00 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
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $13.91 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $16.19 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $16.19 ↓ -80%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $16.60 ↓ -79%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $18.62 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $22.43 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $22.43 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $27.13 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|HMO $27.13 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $34.91 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $34.91 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $34.91 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $41.85 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $45.75 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $45.75 ↓ -43%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $45.75 ↓ -43%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $45.75 ↓ -43%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $54.90 ↓ -31%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $54.90 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $57.28 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $74.94 ↓ -6%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $80.52 ↑ +1%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $80.52 ↑ +1%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $118.95 ↑ +49%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $146.40 ↑ +83%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $159.21 ↑ +100%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $183.00 ↑ +129%

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Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.38 $22.43 – $102.18
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $101.44 $26.33 – $232.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $185.81 $22.43 – $232.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $83.11 $11.89 – $76.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $82.21 $18.50 – $74.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $53.81 $21.31 – $127.10
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $82.91 $23.06 – $34.57
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $144.00 $16.14 – $272.00

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