In situ hybridization per specimen each additional single probe 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

$34.18

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.

$122.49

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.

$30.63 with DHR vs $437.90 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 $30.63 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $30.63 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $79.62 ↑ +133%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $87.58 ↑ +156%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $87.58 ↑ +156%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $87.58 ↑ +156%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $87.58 ↑ +156%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $87.58 ↑ +156%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $96.77 ↑ +183%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $98.00 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $106.57 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $112.70 ↑ +230%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $116.48 ↑ +241%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $116.48 ↑ +241%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $117.44 ↑ +244%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $117.44 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $122.49 ↑ +258%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $122.49 ↑ +258%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $122.49 ↑ +258%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $122.49 ↑ +258%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $122.49 ↑ +258%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $122.49 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $122.49 ↑ +258%
United Commercial|HMO $122.49 ↑ +258%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $122.49 ↑ +258%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $193.07 ↑ +465%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $193.07 ↑ +465%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $401.99 ↑ +1076%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $437.90 ↑ +1181%

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In situ hybridization per specimen each additional single probe stain at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $48.18 $29.70 – $280.96
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $168.80 $53.30 – $144.51
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $129.03 $208.60 – $534.62
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $107.00 $60.00 – $272.84
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $67.94 $26.39 – $99.96
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $98.00 $32.40 – $320.75
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $66.78 $55.00 – $304.30
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $66.06 $55.00 – $304.30

All California hospitals for this procedure →