Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$337.87
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.
$1,211.00
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.
$36.69 with HCLA vs $5,811.00 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.
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 | $36.69 | ↓ -89% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $36.69 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $36.69 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $36.69 | ↓ -89% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $36.69 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.80 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.80 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.20 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.20 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.37 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.37 | ↓ -85% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $168.41 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $183.45 | ↓ -46% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $302.75 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $302.75 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $452.84 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $649.03 | ↑ +92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $787.15 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $889.00 | ↑ +163% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $968.80 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,053.57 | ↑ +212% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,211.00 | ↑ +258% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,827.00 | ↑ +1033% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,811.00 | ↑ +1620% |
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Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $109.89 | $36.69 – $161.70 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $246.96 | $36.69 – $617.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $124.66 | $36.69 – $268.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $123.32 | $36.69 – $336.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,432.08 | $101.97 – $392.82 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,491.75 | $445.46 – $445.46 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,193.40 | $446.50 – $446.50 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $103.49 | $36.69 – $288.64 |