Histoplasmosis skin test 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

$107.70

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.

$386.00

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.

$7.40 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $386.00 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.

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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
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $7.40 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $7.40 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $7.40 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $7.40 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $7.40 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $9.92 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $9.92 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $10.36 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $10.36 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.88 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $13.88 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $15.53 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $15.53 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $22.60 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $22.60 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.60 ↓ -79%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $23.68 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $37.00 ↓ -66%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
United Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $49.87 ↓ -54%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $49.87 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $54.04 ↓ -50%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $62.34 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $65.62 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $66.79 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|HMO $66.79 ↓ -38%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $96.50 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $96.50 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $97.37 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $139.55 ↑ +30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $191.15 ↑ +77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $250.90 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $308.80 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $335.82 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $386.00 ↑ +258%

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Histoplasmosis skin test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $108.34 $7.25 – $66.79
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $107.17 $7.25 – $60.83
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $167.31 $29.30 – $234.40
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $86.73 $7.40 – $241.90
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $162.74 $7.40 – $297.04
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $33.63 – $110.02
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $46.94 – $110.02
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $48.04 – $110.02

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