Icd crtp serena MRI 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

$12,116.42

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.

$43,428.00

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.

$5,138.60 with Healthcare Partners vs $25,693.00 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
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $5,138.60 ↓ -58%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $5,909.39 ↓ -51%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $5,909.39 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $6,423.25 ↓ -47%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $6,423.25 ↓ -47%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $6,423.25 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $6,423.25 ↓ -47%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $6,937.11 ↓ -43%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $6,937.11 ↓ -43%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $7,964.83 ↓ -34%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $9,506.41 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9,763.34 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,763.34 ↓ -19%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $10,791.06 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|HMO $11,818.78 ↓ -2%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12,589.57 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $15,415.80 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16,443.52 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $16,700.45 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20,554.40 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $21,839.05 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $21,839.05 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $22,352.91 ↑ +84%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $25,693.00 ↑ +112%

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Icd crtp serena MRI at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $20,865.01 $4,383.12 – $14,245.14
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $30,536.64 $2,503.05 – $5,921.85
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $18,604.80 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $22,428.49 $4,201.18 – $17,900.68
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $20,541.98 $3,470.54 – $17,900.68
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $12,725.30 $5,073.75 – $16,236.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $23,504.52 $5,073.75 – $16,033.05
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $18,604.80 not published

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