Kit ipg optimizer smart at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$40,855.37
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.
$146,435.00
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.
$23,813.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $146,435.00 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $23,813.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $29,287.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $33,680.05 | ↓ -18% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $33,680.05 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $36,608.75 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $36,608.75 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $36,608.75 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $36,608.75 | ↓ -10% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $39,537.45 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $39,537.45 | ↓ -3% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $43,930.50 | ↑ +8% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $43,930.50 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $45,394.85 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $54,180.95 | ↑ +33% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $55,645.30 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $55,645.30 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $61,502.70 | ↑ +51% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $67,360.10 | ↑ +65% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $71,753.15 | ↑ +76% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $93,718.40 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $95,182.75 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $117,148.00 | ↑ +187% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $117,148.00 | ↑ +187% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $124,469.75 | ↑ +205% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $124,469.75 | ↑ +205% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $125,934.10 | ↑ +208% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $125,934.10 | ↑ +208% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $125,934.10 | ↑ +208% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $127,398.45 | ↑ +212% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $130,327.15 | ↑ +219% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $146,435.00 | ↑ +258% |
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Kit ipg optimizer smart at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $49,197.04 | $26,957.28 – $87,611.16 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $79,825.20 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $43,704.80 | $23,486.22 – $100,071.72 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $40,028.69 | $19,401.66 – $100,071.72 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $46,302.66 | $31,201.25 – $112,324.50 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $45,803.44 | $28,365.00 – $110,056.20 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $79,825.20 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $29,702.40 | not published |