IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour 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

$340.66

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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.

$1,221.00

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.

$71.83 with HCLA vs $1,280.00 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 $71.83 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $71.83 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $71.83 ↓ -79%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $71.83 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $71.83 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $83.26 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $83.26 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $88.83 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $88.83 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $96.25 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $96.25 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $111.15 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $111.15 ↓ -67%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -21%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -21%
United Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -21%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -21%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $267.70 ↓ -21%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -21%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -21%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $267.70 ↓ -21%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $267.70 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $295.31 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $295.31 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $295.31 ↓ -13%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $305.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $305.25 ↓ -10%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $329.70 ↓ -3%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $334.63 ↓ -2%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $368.00 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $368.00 ↑ +8%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $396.95 ↑ +17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $610.50 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $720.39 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $793.65 ↑ +133%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $854.70 ↑ +151%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $892.00 ↑ +162%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $976.80 ↑ +187%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $997.00 ↑ +193%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,062.27 ↑ +212%
United Commercial|HMO $1,221.00 ↑ +258%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,221.00 ↑ +258%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $1,221.00 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,280.00 ↑ +276%

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $646.49 $88.35 – $1,951.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $414.78 $42.14 – $601.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,505.52 $286.64 – $292.49
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $493.92 $71.83 – $1,006.46
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $692.64 $71.83 – $611.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $452.37 $71.83 – $837.90
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $658.53 $71.83 – $1,412.86
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $651.43 $71.83 – $1,412.86

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