Iron binding capacity 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

$104.07

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.

$373.00

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.

$8.74 with Scan Health Plan vs $373.00 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
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $8.74 ↓ -92%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -92%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $8.74 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -92%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -92%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -92%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -92%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -92%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $9.88 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $9.88 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $9.88 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $9.88 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $9.88 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.49 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|HMO $10.49 ↓ -90%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $10.93 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $11.69 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $11.69 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $13.25 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $13.25 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $13.83 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $13.83 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $15.93 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $15.93 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $28.88 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $28.88 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $28.88 ↓ -72%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $31.63 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $49.40 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $52.22 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $63.41 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $75.92 ↓ -27%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $93.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $93.25 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $108.81 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $149.05 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $242.45 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $298.40 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $324.51 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $373.00 ↑ +258%

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Iron binding capacity at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $100.74 $8.74 – $27.27
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $16.90 $1.75 – $16.49
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $217.77 $8.57 – $55.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $168.64 $2.34 – $22.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $154.45 $1.27 – $26.47
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $96.84 $8.74 – $83.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $95.79 $8.74 – $82.16
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $186.66 $8.74 – $70.56

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