Ins vag brachytx device 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

$353.22

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.

$1,266.00

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.

$118.06 with HCLA 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.

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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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $118.06 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $118.06 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $118.06 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $118.06 ↓ -67%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $118.06 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $157.02 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $157.02 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $158.32 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $158.32 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $165.28 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $165.28 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $291.18 ↓ -18%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $316.50 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $316.50 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
United Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $386.50 ↑ +9%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↑ +9%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $483.13 ↑ +37%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $541.90 ↑ +53%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $590.30 ↑ +67%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $620.34 ↑ +76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $653.00 ↑ +85%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $683.64 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $816.00 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $822.90 ↑ +133%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $860.88 ↑ +144%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,012.80 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,101.42 ↑ +212%
United Commercial|HMO $1,202.70 ↑ +240%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $1,266.00 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $1,718.00 ↑ +386%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,525.00 ↑ +615%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,013.00 ↑ +753%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,150.00 ↑ +792%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3,391.00 ↑ +860%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,316.00 ↑ +1122%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $277.95 $391.93 – $8,018.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $247.26 $86.82 – $706.44
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $750.72 $424.02 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $5,563.68 $333.14 – $1,597.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $505.22 $99.84 – $971.19
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $281.75 $353.00 – $2,581.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $490.08 $333.14 – $1,293.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $1,067.52 $333.14 – $1,535.00

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