ER Visit (level 3) at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$516.15
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.
$1,850.00
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.
$63.97 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $7,529.00 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 | $63.97 | ↓ -88% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $63.97 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.97 | ↓ -88% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $63.97 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.97 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $85.08 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $85.08 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $85.78 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $85.78 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $89.56 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $89.56 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $293.62 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $319.85 | ↓ -38% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -32% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -32% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -32% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $351.82 | ↓ -32% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $351.82 | ↓ -32% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $439.77 | ↓ -15% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $462.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $462.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $573.50 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $573.50 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $573.50 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $906.50 | ↑ +76% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $906.50 | ↑ +76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $925.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,073.00 | ↑ +108% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,091.50 | ↑ +111% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,202.50 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,202.50 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,295.00 | ↑ +151% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,480.00 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,609.50 | ↑ +212% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $1,740.00 | ↑ +237% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,850.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $2,077.00 | ↑ +302% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $2,089.00 | ↑ +305% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,338.00 | ↑ +353% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,103.00 | ↑ +501% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,251.00 | ↑ +724% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,199.00 | ↑ +907% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,529.00 | ↑ +1359% |
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ER Visit (level 3) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $762.56 | $81.27 – $1,196.38 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,059.08 | $55.38 – $1,065.06 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,925.25 | $367.87 – $375.37 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $828.61 | $63.97 – $1,736.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $746.59 | $46.83 – $177.38 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $758.92 | $63.97 – $1,897.28 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $731.25 | $63.97 – $1,616.22 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $723.36 | $63.97 – $1,616.22 |