Ghs moderate sedation, > 5 yr, 30 min, other at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$136.16
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.
$488.00
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.
$63.61 with HCLA vs $488.00 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 | $63.61 | ↓ -53% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $63.61 | ↓ -53% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.61 | ↓ -53% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.61 | ↓ -53% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $63.61 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $84.60 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $84.60 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $85.30 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $85.30 | ↓ -37% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $89.05 | ↓ -35% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $89.05 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $112.24 | ↓ -18% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $122.00 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $122.00 | ↓ -10% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $291.97 | ↑ +114% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $317.20 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $318.05 | ↑ +134% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $390.40 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $424.56 | ↑ +212% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $463.60 | ↑ +240% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $488.00 | ↑ +258% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ghs moderate sedation, > 5 yr, 30 min, other at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $127.02 | $78.30 – $226.20 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $195.56 | $104.96 – $342.41 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $514.59 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $174.63 | $63.61 – $399.84 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $159.94 | $63.61 – $399.84 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $222.98 | $63.61 – $428.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $220.57 | $63.61 – $594.99 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $639.54 | not published |