Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral 2nd level w/image guidance at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$512.81
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.
$1,838.00
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.
$83.73 with Gold Coast Health Plan 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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| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $83.73 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $83.73 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $83.73 | ↓ -84% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $83.73 | ↓ -84% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $83.73 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $97.05 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $97.05 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $112.20 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $112.20 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $128.83 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $128.83 | ↓ -75% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $384.32 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $422.74 | ↓ -18% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $459.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $459.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $460.10 | ↓ -10% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $900.62 | ↑ +76% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $992.52 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,194.70 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,249.84 | ↑ +144% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,470.40 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,599.06 | ↑ +212% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,718.00 | ↑ +235% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,746.10 | ↑ +240% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,838.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,114.00 | ↑ +312% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,642.00 | ↑ +415% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,150.00 | ↑ +514% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,316.00 | ↑ +742% |
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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral 2nd level w/image guidance at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $290.84 | $102.99 – $517.92 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $901.82 | $97.17 – $229.89 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,615.90 | $1,687.00 – $10,997.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $412.60 | $83.73 – $897.68 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,833.50 | $40.36 – $152.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $368.48 | $83.73 – $759.50 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,710.16 | $83.73 – $1,457.82 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $902.09 | $83.73 – $1,621.62 |