Injection anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid genicular nerve branches w/guidance (both sides) at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$686.62
Cash price 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.
$2,461.00
Gross charge 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.
$194.71 with Kaiser vs $4,316.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $194.71 | ↓ -72% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $194.71 | ↓ -72% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $194.71 | ↓ -72% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $194.71 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $194.71 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $258.96 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $258.96 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $261.11 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $261.11 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $272.59 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $272.59 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $566.03 | ↓ -18% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $615.25 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $615.25 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $653.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $816.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +28% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +28% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +28% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +28% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +28% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +28% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +28% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +28% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $879.92 | ↑ +28% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +28% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $893.72 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $973.55 | ↑ +42% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $1,099.90 | ↑ +60% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,205.89 | ↑ +76% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,328.94 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,599.65 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,673.48 | ↑ +144% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,718.00 | ↑ +150% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,968.80 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,141.07 | ↑ +212% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,337.95 | ↑ +241% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,461.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,020.00 | ↑ +340% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,150.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,604.00 | ↑ +425% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,054.00 | ↑ +490% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,316.00 | ↑ +529% |
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Injection anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid genicular nerve branches w/guidance (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,305.09 | $593.00 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $753.71 | $194.71 – $1,725.78 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,489.85 | $28.20 – $109.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $690.32 | $194.71 – $1,725.78 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $680.42 | $194.71 – $1,467.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $673.08 | $194.71 – $1,448.86 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,450.44 | $1,002.25 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,459.62 | $907.88 – $9,858.00 |