Guided cath fluid drainage 10030 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

$1,078.06

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.

$3,864.00

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.

$152.94 with HCLA vs $4,316.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $152.94 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $152.94 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $152.94 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $152.94 ↓ -86%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $152.94 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $177.26 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $177.26 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $204.94 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $204.94 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $235.31 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $235.31 ↓ -78%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $701.99 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $840.40 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $888.72 ↓ -18%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -17%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -17%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -17%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -17%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -17%
United Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -17%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -17%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -17%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $893.98 ↓ -17%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -17%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -17%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $893.98 ↓ -17%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -17%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $966.00 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $966.00 ↓ -10%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $1,117.47 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $1,718.00 ↑ +59%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,893.36 ↑ +76%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,086.56 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,114.00 ↑ +96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,511.60 ↑ +133%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,627.52 ↑ +144%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,642.00 ↑ +145%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,020.00 ↑ +180%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,091.20 ↑ +187%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,150.00 ↑ +192%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,361.68 ↑ +212%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,604.00 ↑ +234%
United Commercial|HMO $3,670.80 ↑ +241%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $3,864.00 ↑ +258%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,054.00 ↑ +276%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,316.00 ↑ +300%

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Guided cath fluid drainage 10030 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $533.05 $188.12 – $1,628.92
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,313.76 $954.29 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,851.10 $152.94 – $4,036.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,627.59 $152.94 – $3,432.94
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $570.97 $152.94 – $1,231.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $722.99 $152.94 – $1,215.81
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,461.15 $1,005.45 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,975.23 $910.78 – $8,018.00

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