Ihc/icc per specimen initial single antibody stain 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

$124.16

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.

$445.00

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.

$40.69 with DHR vs $385.80 with Blue Shield CA — 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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $40.69 ↓ -67%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $40.69 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $77.16 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $77.16 ↓ -38%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $77.16 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $77.16 ↓ -38%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $77.16 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $103.47 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $103.47 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $105.79 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $105.81 ↓ -15%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $108.02 ↓ -13%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $108.02 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $123.67 ↓ -0%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $123.67 ↓ -0%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $130.20 ↑ +5%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $141.59 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $149.73 ↑ +21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $162.74 ↑ +31%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $162.74 ↑ +31%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $162.74 ↑ +31%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $162.74 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $162.74 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|HMO $162.74 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $162.74 ↑ +31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $162.74 ↑ +31%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $162.74 ↑ +31%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $162.74 ↑ +31%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +75%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +75%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +75%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +75%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $217.73 ↑ +75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $217.73 ↑ +75%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +75%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +75%
United Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +75%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +75%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +75%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +75%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +75%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $246.90 ↑ +99%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $272.16 ↑ +119%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $385.80 ↑ +211%

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Ihc/icc per specimen initial single antibody stain at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $248.35 $12.69 – $179.98
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $314.67 $77.82 – $287.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $175.66 $20.00 – $174.77
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $218.45 $12.94 – $50.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $160.88 $10.80 – $205.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $172.89 $22.50 – $194.92
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $171.03 $22.50 – $194.92
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $364.14 $98.34 – $287.00

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