ER Visit (level 1, minor) at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$176.89
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.
$634.00
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.
$21.77 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $3,834.00 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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| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.77 | ↓ -88% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $21.77 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.77 | ↓ -88% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $21.77 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.77 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.95 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.95 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $29.19 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $29.19 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.48 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.48 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $99.92 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $108.85 | ↓ -38% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -37% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $139.85 | ↓ -21% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $158.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $158.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $196.54 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $196.54 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $196.54 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $310.66 | ↑ +76% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $310.66 | ↑ +76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $317.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $367.72 | ↑ +108% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $374.06 | ↑ +111% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $412.10 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $412.10 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $443.80 | ↑ +151% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $507.20 | ↑ +187% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $539.00 | ↑ +205% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $551.58 | ↑ +212% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $634.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $642.00 | ↑ +263% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $723.00 | ↑ +309% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,026.00 | ↑ +480% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,294.00 | ↑ +632% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,773.00 | ↑ +902% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,539.00 | ↑ +1335% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,834.00 | ↑ +2067% |
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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $370.99 | $27.95 – $694.54 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $311.68 | $17.06 – $331.74 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $587.01 | $113.64 – $115.95 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $350.54 | $21.77 – $743.82 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $262.41 | $16.04 – $60.76 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $335.56 | $21.77 – $838.88 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $176.60 | $21.77 – $334.56 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $174.70 | $21.77 – $390.32 |