Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$212.60
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.
$762.00
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.
$190.50 with DHR 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.
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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| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $190.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $190.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↑ +82% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $386.50 | ↑ +82% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↑ +82% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $386.50 | ↑ +82% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↑ +82% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↑ +82% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↑ +82% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↑ +82% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $386.50 | ↑ +82% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↑ +82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $386.50 | ↑ +82% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↑ +82% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↑ +82% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $386.50 | ↑ +82% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $386.50 | ↑ +82% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $396.24 | ↑ +86% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $396.24 | ↑ +86% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $483.13 | ↑ +127% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $495.30 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $609.60 | ↑ +187% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $653.00 | ↑ +207% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $662.94 | ↑ +212% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $762.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $816.00 | ↑ +284% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,718.00 | ↑ +708% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,525.00 | ↑ +1088% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,013.00 | ↑ +1317% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,150.00 | ↑ +1382% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,391.00 | ↑ +1495% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,018.00 | ↑ +1790% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,316.00 | ↑ +1930% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,311.00 | ↑ +2868% |
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Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $355.66 | $219.24 – $732.82 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $577.43 | $60.84 – $495.67 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $591.09 | $410.66 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $488.35 | $386.50 – $1,118.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $447.28 | $308.07 – $1,118.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $195.89 | $264.00 – $438.24 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $208.46 | $284.00 – $471.44 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,771.23 | $432.67 – $6,200.00 |