Insert picvad cath 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

$3,957.62

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.

$14,185.00

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.

$388.34 with Kaiser vs $14,185.00 with US Behavioral Health — 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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $388.34 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $388.34 ↓ -90%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $388.34 ↓ -90%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $388.34 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $388.34 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $450.10 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $450.10 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $520.38 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $520.38 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $597.49 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $597.49 ↓ -85%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,782.48 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,114.00 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,133.90 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,642.00 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $3,096.00 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,262.55 ↓ -18%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $3,546.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $3,546.25 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +1%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +1%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +1%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +1%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +1%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +1%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +1%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +1%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +1%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +1%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +1%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +1%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +1%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +1%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $3,999.21 ↑ +1%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +1%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $4,999.01 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,674.00 ↑ +43%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $6,950.65 ↑ +76%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $7,659.90 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,773.00 ↑ +96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $9,220.25 ↑ +133%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9,645.80 ↑ +144%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11,348.00 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12,340.95 ↑ +212%
United Commercial|HMO $13,475.75 ↑ +241%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $14,185.00 ↑ +258%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,289.87 $477.66 – $7,477.22
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,467.90 $388.34 – $10,230.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,092.09 $388.34 – $10,230.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,891.64 $388.34 – $10,002.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,838.90 $388.34 – $9,877.37
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Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $6,271.16 $388.34 – $4,675.77
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $6,977.70 $384.10 – $11,365.73

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