Ionm in operatng room 15 min at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$131.97
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.
$473.00
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.
$27.05 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 |
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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.05 | ↓ -80% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.05 | ↓ -80% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $27.05 | ↓ -80% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $27.05 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.05 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $36.27 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $36.27 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.87 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.87 | ↓ -71% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.25 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.25 | ↓ -10% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $124.16 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $135.25 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $272.69 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $272.69 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $285.30 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $307.45 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $378.40 | ↑ +187% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $408.91 | ↑ +210% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $411.51 | ↑ +212% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $473.00 | ↑ +258% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $473.00 | ↑ +258% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,827.00 | ↑ +2800% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,811.00 | ↑ +4303% |
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Ionm in operatng room 15 min at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $93.30 | $40.92 – $166.14 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $107.22 | $27.05 – $231.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $106.07 | $27.05 – $289.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $111.72 | $27.05 – $311.60 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $852.69 | $60.05 – $1,074.08 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $228.66 | $27.05 – $444.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $25.20 | $161.51 – $161.51 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $395.60 | $24.34 – $920.00 |