Insert swan-ganz 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

$1,022.26

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.

$3,664.00

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.

$145.71 with HCLA vs $7,773.00 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 $145.71 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $145.71 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $145.71 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $145.71 ↓ -86%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $145.71 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $195.25 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $195.25 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $242.25 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $242.25 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $323.40 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $323.40 ↓ -68%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $668.81 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $842.72 ↓ -18%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $916.00 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $916.00 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,155.00 ↑ +13%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,795.36 ↑ +76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +93%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +93%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +93%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +93%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +93%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +93%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +93%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +93%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +93%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +93%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +93%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $1,973.80 ↑ +93%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +93%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,978.56 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,114.00 ↑ +107%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,381.60 ↑ +133%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $2,467.25 ↑ +141%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,642.00 ↑ +158%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,931.20 ↑ +187%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $3,096.00 ↑ +203%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,187.68 ↑ +212%
United Commercial|HMO $3,480.80 ↑ +241%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,611.00 ↑ +253%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $3,664.00 ↑ +258%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,310.00 ↑ +322%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,849.00 ↑ +374%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,674.00 ↑ +455%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,773.00 ↑ +660%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,137.93 $141.65 – $3,734.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,070.24 $145.71 – $4,740.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,929.43 $145.71 – $4,740.26
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