Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis 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

$150.11

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.

$538.00

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.

$41.68 with Scan Health Plan vs $538.00 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
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $41.68 ↓ -72%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $41.68 ↓ -72%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $41.68 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $41.68 ↓ -72%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $41.68 ↓ -72%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $41.68 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $41.68 ↓ -72%
United Medicare|All Plans $41.68 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $41.68 ↓ -72%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $41.68 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $41.68 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $41.68 ↓ -72%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $41.68 ↓ -72%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $41.68 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $41.68 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $41.68 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $47.82 ↓ -68%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $47.82 ↓ -68%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $47.82 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $47.82 ↓ -68%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $47.82 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $50.02 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|HMO $50.02 ↓ -67%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $52.10 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $59.45 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $59.45 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $64.13 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $64.13 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $66.95 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $66.95 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $75.32 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $75.99 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $75.99 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $91.46 ↓ -39%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $134.50 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $134.50 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $144.87 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $144.87 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $144.87 ↓ -3%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $153.03 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $239.10 ↑ +59%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $349.70 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $376.92 ↑ +151%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $430.40 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $468.06 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $494.96 ↑ +230%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $538.00 ↑ +258%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $538.00 ↑ +258%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $32.42 $12.42 – $110.58
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $36.27 $8.34 – $63.05
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $458.49 $40.85 – $277.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $122.41 $41.68 – $107.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $69.40 $41.68 – $102.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $112.12 $28.62 – $126.24
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $46.38 $41.68 – $119.76
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $45.88 $41.68 – $119.76

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