Initiation & management bipap/cpap initial day 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

$1,218.96

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.

$4,369.00

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.

$72.68 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $6,311.00 with United — 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
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $72.68 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $72.68 ↓ -94%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $72.68 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $72.68 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $72.68 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $77.83 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $77.83 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $97.46 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $97.46 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $101.75 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $101.75 ↓ -92%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↓ -79%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $258.43 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↓ -79%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↓ -79%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↓ -79%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $258.43 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $258.43 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↓ -79%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $258.43 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↓ -79%
United Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $258.43 ↓ -79%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $258.43 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $258.43 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $313.00 ↓ -74%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $323.04 ↓ -73%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $333.60 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $363.40 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $368.00 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $368.00 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $389.00 ↓ -68%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $524.25 ↓ -57%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $524.25 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $605.88 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $868.37 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,189.44 ↓ -2%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,363.05 ↑ +12%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,677.60 ↑ +38%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,824.39 ↑ +50%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $2,097.00 ↑ +72%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,018.00 ↑ +230%
United Commercial|HMO $6,311.00 ↑ +418%

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Initiation & management bipap/cpap initial day at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,508.78 $51.47 – $4,014.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $488.88 $40.68 – $977.76
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,532.77 $295.10 – $415.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,133.63 $54.94 – $3,407.46
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,244.09 $72.68 – $3,198.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,217.93 $54.94 – $2,839.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,340.33 $72.68 – $5,353.92
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,293.54 $72.68 – $12,607.00

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