Heparin, porcine (pf) 10 unit/ml flush (wrapper) at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$7.26
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.
$26.00
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.
$0.03 with United vs $26.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.03 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $0.03 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $0.04 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $0.04 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.04 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $0.18 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.20 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $0.24 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $0.24 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.24 | ↓ -97% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $0.25 | ↓ -97% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $0.25 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $2.00 | ↓ -72% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $4.48 | ↓ -38% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $4.48 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.96 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.96 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.01 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.01 | ↓ -17% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.27 | ↓ -14% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.27 | ↓ -14% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $11.44 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.44 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $16.90 | ↑ +133% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.56 | ↑ +183% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $20.80 | ↑ +187% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.36 | ↑ +208% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.40 | ↑ +209% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $22.62 | ↑ +212% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $26.00 | ↑ +258% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $26.00 | ↑ +258% |
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Heparin, porcine (pf) 10 unit/ml flush (wrapper) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $29.35 | $0.03 – $20.10 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $84.15 | $0.04 – $0.60 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $46.23 | $0.03 – $52.92 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $17.32 | $6.73 – $25.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $42.34 | $0.03 – $52.92 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $20.04 | $0.03 – $4.48 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5.51 | $0.03 – $4.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $84.15 | $0.04 – $0.65 |