Insertion of catheter vein at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$149.83
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.
$537.00
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.
$123.51 with United 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.
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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $123.51 | ↓ -18% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $134.25 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $134.25 | ↓ -10% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $263.13 | ↑ +76% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $289.98 | ↑ +94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $334.09 | ↑ +123% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $334.09 | ↑ +123% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $334.09 | ↑ +123% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $334.09 | ↑ +123% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $334.09 | ↑ +123% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $349.05 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $365.16 | ↑ +144% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $429.60 | ↑ +187% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $447.68 | ↑ +199% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $447.68 | ↑ +199% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $467.19 | ↑ +212% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $510.15 | ↑ +240% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $537.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $537.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $537.00 | ↑ +258% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $537.00 | ↑ +258% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $537.00 | ↑ +258% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,533.47 | ↑ +923% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,718.00 | ↑ +1047% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,633.20 | ↑ +1657% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,150.00 | ↑ +2002% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,316.00 | ↑ +2781% |
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Insertion of catheter vein at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $165.57 | $102.06 – $378.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,473.50 | $1,687.00 – $10,997.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,626.83 | $334.09 – $3,724.98 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,490.00 | $334.09 – $3,724.98 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $484.90 | $334.09 – $1,269.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $471.60 | $334.09 – $1,272.15 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,621.22 | $2,699.00 – $21,319.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,441.77 | $3,982.87 – $3,982.87 |