Intracranial complete study at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$582.00
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.
$2,086.00
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.
$224.78 with Kaiser vs $5,811.00 with United — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -61% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -61% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $224.78 | ↓ -61% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $224.78 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $301.21 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $301.21 | ↓ -48% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -47% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -47% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -47% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -47% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -47% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -47% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $307.13 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -47% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $373.69 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $373.69 | ↓ -36% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $383.91 | ↓ -34% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $498.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $498.90 | ↓ -14% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $521.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $521.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $765.46 | ↑ +32% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $765.46 | ↑ +32% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,031.74 | ↑ +77% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,355.90 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,561.40 | ↑ +168% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,668.80 | ↑ +187% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,781.80 | ↑ +206% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,814.82 | ↑ +212% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,919.12 | ↑ +230% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,086.00 | ↑ +258% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,086.00 | ↑ +258% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,827.00 | ↑ +558% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,811.00 | ↑ +898% |
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Intracranial complete study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $414.35 | $255.42 – $1,113.94 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $824.74 | $224.78 – $1,206.45 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $815.85 | $224.78 – $1,206.45 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $372.30 | $65.20 – $521.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $494.81 | $120.12 – $572.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,113.60 | $260.85 – $567.73 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $286.31 | $88.32 – $368.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $874.99 | $224.78 – $578.00 |