Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 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

$22.96

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.

$82.28

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.

$8.40 with Blue Shield CA vs $542.50 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.40 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10.20 ↓ -56%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $15.00 ↓ -35%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $15.00 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $39.00 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $47.40 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $48.00 ↑ +109%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $52.20 ↑ +127%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $55.20 ↑ +140%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $60.00 ↑ +161%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
United Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
United Commercial|HMO $60.00 ↑ +161%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $60.00 ↑ +161%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $60.00 ↑ +161%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $60.00 ↑ +161%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $60.00 ↑ +161%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $60.00 ↑ +161%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $60.00 ↑ +161%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $60.00 ↑ +161%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $60.00 ↑ +161%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $60.00 ↑ +161%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $60.00 ↑ +161%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $60.00 ↑ +161%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $60.00 ↑ +161%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $60.00 ↑ +161%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +161%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +227%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $155.17 ↑ +576%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $155.17 ↑ +576%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $275.40 ↑ +1099%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $542.50 ↑ +2263%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $26.28 $16.20 – $225.82
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $33.48 $17.02 – $124.81
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $150.45 $83.40 – $211.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.67 $30.00 – $219.29
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $141.70 $32.48 – $60.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $23.52 $16.20 – $257.79
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $124.29 $30.00 – $244.57
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $122.95 $30.00 – $244.57

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