Kidney imaging morphology 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

$1,203.33

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.

$4,313.00

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.

$111.73 with HCLA vs $4,313.00 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $111.73 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $111.73 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $111.73 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $111.73 ↓ -91%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $111.73 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $148.60 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $148.60 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $149.83 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $149.83 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $156.42 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $156.42 ↓ -87%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -58%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -58%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -58%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -58%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↓ -58%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -58%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -58%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $510.57 ↓ -58%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -58%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $512.84 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $548.09 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $548.09 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $548.09 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $558.65 ↓ -54%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $638.21 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $902.84 ↓ -25%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,078.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,078.25 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,254.00 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,254.00 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,293.98 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,772.43 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,803.45 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,450.40 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,752.31 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $4,313.00 ↑ +258%

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Kidney imaging morphology at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $403.27 $80.37 – $582.97
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,864.47 $111.73 – $1,986.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $327.60 $111.73 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $324.07 $111.73 – $1,976.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,458.14 $111.73 – $6,856.02
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $556.20 $111.73 – $508.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $2,960.10 $111.73 – $6,158.70
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $636.65 $269.48 – $1,439.81

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