Ghs acetylcholinesterase, rbc at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$4.19
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.
$14.99
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.
$1.86 with Blue Shield CA vs $56.25 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1.86 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.26 | ↓ -46% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.32 | ↓ -21% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.32 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $8.62 | ↑ +106% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $9.81 | ↑ +134% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $9.81 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9.81 | ↑ +134% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9.81 | ↑ +134% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $9.81 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9.81 | ↑ +134% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $9.81 | ↑ +134% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $9.81 | ↑ +134% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $9.81 | ↑ +134% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $9.81 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $9.81 | ↑ +134% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $9.81 | ↑ +134% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $9.81 | ↑ +134% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $9.81 | ↑ +134% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $9.81 | ↑ +134% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $9.81 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $10.47 | ↑ +150% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10.60 | ↑ +153% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $11.25 | ↑ +168% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $11.25 | ↑ +168% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $11.25 | ↑ +168% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $11.25 | ↑ +168% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.25 | ↑ +168% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $11.53 | ↑ +175% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.77 | ↑ +181% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11.77 | ↑ +181% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.19 | ↑ +191% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $12.26 | ↑ +193% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13.25 | ↑ +216% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.25 | ↑ +216% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.25 | ↑ +216% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $13.25 | ↑ +216% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.25 | ↑ +216% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $13.25 | ↑ +216% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13.25 | ↑ +216% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $13.25 | ↑ +216% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.25 | ↑ +216% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.25 | ↑ +216% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.25 | ↑ +216% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $17.90 | ↑ +327% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17.90 | ↑ +327% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.99 | ↑ +759% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $56.25 | ↑ +1242% |
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Ghs acetylcholinesterase, rbc at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5.80 | $3.58 – $26.04 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $5.63 | $1.96 – $12.94 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6.42 | $6.63 – $25.29 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5.88 | $3.58 – $29.73 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5.57 | $6.63 – $28.21 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5.51 | $7.21 – $28.21 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $8.56 | $1.45 – $11.53 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $4.41 | $3.03 – $14.41 |