External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells 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

$181.63

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.

$651.00

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.

$142.92 with HCLA vs $714.60 with Blue Shield CA — 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $142.92 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $142.92 ↓ -21%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $142.92 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $142.92 ↓ -21%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $142.92 ↓ -21%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
United Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $143.75 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -21%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $162.75 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $162.75 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $172.50 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|HMO $172.50 ↓ -5%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $179.69 ↓ -1%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $191.66 ↑ +6%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $191.66 ↑ +6%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $200.09 ↑ +10%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $200.09 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $202.35 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $202.35 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $262.10 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $262.10 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $423.15 ↑ +133%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $457.35 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $514.29 ↑ +183%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $520.80 ↑ +187%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $521.38 ↑ +187%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $521.38 ↑ +187%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $521.38 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $566.37 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $598.92 ↑ +230%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $651.00 ↑ +258%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $651.00 ↑ +258%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $714.60 ↑ +293%

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External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $76.65 $25.65 – $381.42
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $239.52 $28.75 – $249.29
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $156.22 $47.50 – $370.40
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $116.55 $48.72 – $90.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $143.08 $25.65 – $435.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $87.13 $45.00 – $413.10
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $86.19 $45.00 – $413.10
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $134.10 $9.50 – $76.00

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