Esoph imped funct test > 1hr at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$734.89
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.
$2,634.00
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.
$113.84 with Kaiser vs $4,054.00 with Health Net — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -85% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -85% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -85% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $113.84 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $151.41 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $151.41 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $152.66 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $152.66 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $159.38 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $159.38 | ↓ -78% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $522.53 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $569.20 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $605.82 | ↓ -18% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $658.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $658.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -8% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -8% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -8% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -8% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -8% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -8% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -8% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -8% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $674.18 | ↓ -8% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $785.74 | ↑ +7% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $842.73 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,126.16 | ↑ +53% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,290.66 | ↑ +76% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,422.36 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,542.55 | ↑ +110% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,712.10 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,791.12 | ↑ +144% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,107.20 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,291.58 | ↑ +212% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,502.30 | ↑ +240% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,634.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,020.00 | ↑ +311% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,604.00 | ↑ +390% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,054.00 | ↑ +452% |
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Esoph imped funct test > 1hr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $639.98 | $113.84 – $1,220.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $633.08 | $113.84 – $1,205.54 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $407.49 | $113.84 – $891.24 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $933.60 | $407.95 – $1,200.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $655.60 | $113.84 – $965.25 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $712.80 | $113.84 – $2,281.68 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $701.40 | $306.81 – $1,311.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $326.66 | $113.84 – $801.60 |