Gastroesophageal reflux study at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$805.76
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.
$2,888.00
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.
$155.12 with HCLA vs $2,888.00 with US Behavioral Health — 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 |
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| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $155.12 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $155.12 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $155.12 | ↓ -81% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $155.12 | ↓ -81% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $155.12 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $206.31 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $206.31 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $208.02 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $208.02 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $217.17 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $217.17 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -37% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -37% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -37% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -37% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -37% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -37% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -37% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $510.57 | ↓ -37% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -37% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $638.21 | ↓ -21% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $712.00 | ↓ -12% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $722.00 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $722.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $758.46 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $758.46 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $758.46 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $775.60 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $848.52 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $848.52 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,254.00 | ↑ +56% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,254.00 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,350.82 | ↑ +68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,877.20 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,936.05 | ↑ +140% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,310.40 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,512.56 | ↑ +212% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,651.90 | ↑ +229% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,888.00 | ↑ +258% |
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Gastroesophageal reflux study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $911.04 | $234.68 – $1,824.90 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $890.42 | $80.37 – $1,287.19 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $4,008.66 | $155.12 – $2,778.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $349.86 | $155.12 – $1,976.45 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $346.09 | $155.12 – $1,976.45 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $261.37 | $111.51 – $531.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $525.30 | $155.12 – $483.69 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,557.00 | $155.12 – $6,158.70 |