Evaluation psychiatric diagnostic 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

$222.09

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.

$796.00

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.

$131.75 with DHR vs $6,311.00 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.

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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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $131.75 ↓ -41%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $131.75 ↓ -41%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $146.97 ↓ -34%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $146.97 ↓ -34%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $146.97 ↓ -34%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $146.97 ↓ -34%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $146.97 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $170.35 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $170.35 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $196.94 ↓ -11%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $196.94 ↓ -11%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -8%
United Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -8%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -8%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -8%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -8%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -8%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -8%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -8%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $204.15 ↓ -8%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -8%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -8%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -8%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $204.15 ↓ -8%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -8%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -8%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $227.42 ↑ +2%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $227.42 ↑ +2%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $255.19 ↑ +15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $342.55 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $421.60 ↑ +90%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $458.49 ↑ +106%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $527.00 ↑ +137%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $527.00 ↑ +137%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $527.00 ↑ +137%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $527.00 ↑ +137%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $674.59 ↑ +204%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $812.20 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,376.00 ↑ +520%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,376.00 ↑ +520%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,018.00 ↑ +1709%
United Commercial|HMO $6,311.00 ↑ +2742%

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Evaluation psychiatric diagnostic at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $230.44 $89.52 – $339.08
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $199.85 $23.70 – $236.45
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $544.68 $239.15 – $239.15
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $169.32 not published
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $226.44 $246.98 – $252.02
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $159.36 $194.05 – $422.33
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $203.39 $50.00 – $1,593.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $214.08 $194.05 – $422.33

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