Establish access to artery at Northridge Hospital Medical Center

18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$163.22

Cash price

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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.

$585.00

Gross charge

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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.

$134.55 with United vs $4,316.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Commercial|All Other Plans $134.55 ↓ -18%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $146.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $146.25 ↓ -10%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $213.61 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $213.61 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $213.61 ↑ +31%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $213.61 ↑ +31%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $213.61 ↑ +31%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $286.24 ↑ +75%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $286.24 ↑ +75%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $286.65 ↑ +76%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $315.90 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $355.12 ↑ +118%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $355.12 ↑ +118%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $380.25 ↑ +133%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $397.80 ↑ +144%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $468.00 ↑ +187%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $471.42 ↑ +189%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $471.42 ↑ +189%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $508.95 ↑ +212%
United Commercial|HMO $555.75 ↑ +240%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $585.00 ↑ +258%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $980.47 ↑ +501%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,683.65 ↑ +932%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $1,718.00 ↑ +953%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,150.00 ↑ +1830%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,316.00 ↑ +2544%

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Establish access to artery at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $657.41 $213.61 – $1,505.28
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $602.12 $213.61 – $1,505.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,915.48 $213.61 – $784.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $287.73 $213.61 – $784.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,682.57 $213.61 – $2,333.52
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $711.22 $213.61 – $595.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $1,418.50 $142.30 – $4,296.91
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $1,128.59 $142.30 – $4,141.60

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