Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral single level at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$712.85
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.
$2,555.00
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.
$165.76 with Kaiser vs $4,849.00 with Health Net — 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 | $165.76 | ↓ -77% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $165.76 | ↓ -77% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $165.76 | ↓ -77% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $165.76 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $165.76 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $192.12 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $192.12 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $222.12 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $222.12 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $255.04 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $255.04 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $587.65 | ↓ -18% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $638.75 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $638.75 | ↓ -10% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $760.84 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $910.85 | ↑ +28% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +59% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +59% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +59% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +59% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +59% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +59% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +59% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +59% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +59% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +59% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $1,131.20 | ↑ +59% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +59% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $1,251.95 | ↑ +76% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $1,379.70 | ↑ +94% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $1,414.00 | ↑ +98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,660.75 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,718.00 | ↑ +141% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,737.40 | ↑ +144% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,044.00 | ↑ +187% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,114.00 | ↑ +197% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,222.85 | ↑ +212% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,427.25 | ↑ +240% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,555.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,642.00 | ↑ +271% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,150.00 | ↑ +342% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,611.00 | ↑ +407% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,310.00 | ↑ +505% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,316.00 | ↑ +505% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,849.00 | ↑ +580% |
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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral single level at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $904.91 | $203.88 – $2,138.98 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,909.73 | $168.10 – $397.70 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,615.90 | $1,191.92 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,146.19 | $165.76 – $2,302.02 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,984.02 | $71.41 – $270.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $948.25 | $165.76 – $2,187.36 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,823.47 | $165.76 – $1,791.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,803.81 | $165.76 – $2,182.77 |