ER Visit (level 2) at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$354.06
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.
$1,269.00
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.
$34.97 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 | $34.97 | ↓ -90% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $34.97 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $34.97 | ↓ -90% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $34.97 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $34.97 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $46.51 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $46.51 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $46.89 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $46.89 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.96 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.96 | ↓ -86% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $160.51 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $174.85 | ↓ -51% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -43% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -43% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -43% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -43% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -43% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -43% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -43% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $201.21 | ↓ -43% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $201.21 | ↓ -43% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $251.51 | ↓ -29% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $317.25 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $317.25 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $393.39 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $393.39 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $393.39 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $621.81 | ↑ +76% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $621.81 | ↑ +76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $634.50 | ↑ +79% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $736.02 | ↑ +108% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $748.71 | ↑ +111% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $786.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $824.85 | ↑ +133% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $824.85 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $888.30 | ↑ +151% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $938.00 | ↑ +165% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,015.20 | ↑ +187% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,044.00 | ↑ +195% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,055.00 | ↑ +198% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,104.03 | ↑ +212% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,269.00 | ↑ +258% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,551.00 | ↑ +338% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,125.00 | ↑ +500% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,539.00 | ↑ +617% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,834.00 | ↑ +983% |
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ER Visit (level 2) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $556.26 | $52.90 – $887.24 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $502.82 | $31.67 – $606.25 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,094.46 | $206.92 – $211.14 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $510.18 | $34.97 – $1,060.36 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $458.88 | $31.57 – $119.56 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $467.27 | $34.97 – $1,168.16 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $554.65 | $34.97 – $1,225.90 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $548.67 | $34.97 – $1,225.90 |