ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$2,197.13
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$7,875.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$155.03 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $11,060.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $155.03 | ↓ -93% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $155.03 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $155.03 | ↓ -93% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $155.03 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $155.03 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $206.19 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $206.19 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $207.90 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $207.90 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $217.04 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $217.04 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $711.59 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $775.15 | ↓ -65% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -65% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -65% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -65% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $779.00 | ↓ -65% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $779.00 | ↓ -65% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $973.75 | ↓ -56% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,321.50 | ↓ -40% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,321.50 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,638.66 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,638.66 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,638.66 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,590.14 | ↑ +18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,590.14 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,643.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $3,065.88 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,118.74 | ↑ +42% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $3,435.90 | ↑ +56% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $3,435.90 | ↑ +56% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,700.20 | ↑ +68% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,228.80 | ↑ +92% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,598.82 | ↑ +109% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,199.00 | ↑ +137% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,286.00 | ↑ +141% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $5,434.00 | ↑ +147% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $6,168.00 | ↑ +181% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7,363.00 | ↑ +235% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,529.00 | ↑ +243% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,073.00 | ↑ +267% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,285.00 | ↑ +277% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $11,060.00 | ↑ +403% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,060.79 | $226.60 – $3,279.18 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $3,441.94 | $122.62 – $2,525.88 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,458.42 | $802.54 – $818.92 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,593.02 | $155.03 – $3,316.32 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,886.78 | $138.93 – $526.26 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,459.03 | $155.03 – $3,392.76 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,521.69 | $155.03 – $5,573.54 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,494.50 | $155.03 – $5,573.54 |