Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptococcus neoformans 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

$126.39

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.

$453.00

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.

$10.10 with HCLA vs $453.00 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $10.10 ↓ -92%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.10 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $10.10 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $10.10 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $10.10 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -89%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $13.42 ↓ -89%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -89%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $13.42 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -89%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -89%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -89%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $13.43 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $13.43 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $13.54 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $13.54 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $14.14 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $14.14 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.10 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|HMO $16.10 ↓ -87%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $16.77 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.46 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $24.46 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $38.34 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $38.34 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $38.34 ↓ -70%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $46.36 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $50.50 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $63.42 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $77.01 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $103.05 ↓ -18%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $113.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $113.25 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $147.69 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $202.30 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $294.45 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $362.40 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $394.11 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $453.00 ↑ +258%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptococcus neoformans at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $9.64 $5.40 – $35.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $53.08 $10.00 – $34.57
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $88.58 $10.10 – $19.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $48.61 $5.40 – $40.64
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $8.17 $10.00 – $38.55
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $8.08 $10.00 – $38.55
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $12.57 $2.00 – $16.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $69.68 $4.20 – $20.00

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