Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step giardia 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

$118.86

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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.

$426.00

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.

$8.28 with HCLA vs $426.00 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

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 $8.28 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $8.28 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $8.28 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $8.28 ↓ -93%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $8.28 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $11.01 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $11.01 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $11.10 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $11.10 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $11.59 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $11.59 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -90%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -90%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $11.98 ↓ -90%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $11.98 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -90%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -90%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -90%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|HMO $14.38 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.38 ↓ -88%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $14.97 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.85 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $21.85 ↓ -82%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $38.01 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $38.34 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $38.34 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $38.34 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $41.40 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $59.64 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $72.42 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $103.50 ↓ -13%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $106.50 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $106.50 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $148.33 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $203.18 ↑ +71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $276.90 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $340.80 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $370.62 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $426.00 ↑ +258%

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $170.82 $3.24 – $31.80
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $20.09 $2.40 – $15.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $154.02 $11.74 – $76.12
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $217.43 $6.00 – $30.88
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $120.55 $6.50 – $11.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $199.14 $3.24 – $36.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $79.40 $6.00 – $34.44
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $78.54 $6.00 – $34.44

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