Ins/rplc spi npg/rcvr pocket 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

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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.

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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.

$434.06 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $48,399.68 with LA Care — 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 $434.06
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $434.06
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $434.06
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $434.06
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $434.06
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $581.64
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $581.64
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $721.63
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $721.63
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $957.91
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $957.91
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,992.34
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $2,405.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,829.00
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $3,421.10
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3,536.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,409.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,040.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $18,072.00
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $21,572.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $24,261.00
United Medicare|All Plans $38,719.74
Humana Medicare|All Plans $38,719.74
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $38,719.74
First Health Commercial|All Plans $38,719.74
Molina Medicare|All Plans $38,719.74
Humana Commercial|All Plans $38,719.74
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $38,719.74
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $38,719.74
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $38,719.74
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $38,719.74
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $38,719.74
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $38,719.74
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $38,719.74
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $38,719.74
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $38,719.74
MHN Commercial|All Plans $38,719.74
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $48,399.68
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Ins/rplc spi npg/rcvr pocket at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $37,794.12 $434.06 – $86,537.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $34,615.17 $434.06 – $86,537.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $35,160.79 $434.06 – $75,818.40
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $21,097.15 $434.06 – $60,277.56
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $96,592.47 $2,995.00 – $42,937.38
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance $26,089.00 $1,528.00 – $73,423.09
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $533.89 – $73,689.78
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $2,570.00 – $41,584.16

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