Leg Vein Ultrasound (DVT study, both legs) at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$1,363.20
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.
$4,886.00
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.
$193.06 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 | $193.06 | ↓ -86% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $193.06 | ↓ -86% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $193.06 | ↓ -86% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $193.06 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $193.06 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $258.70 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $258.70 | ↓ -81% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -77% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -77% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -77% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -77% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -77% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $307.13 | ↓ -77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $320.96 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $320.96 | ↓ -76% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $383.91 | ↓ -72% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $428.50 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $428.50 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $765.46 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $765.46 | ↓ -44% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $886.15 | ↓ -35% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,221.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,221.50 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,514.92 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,530.35 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,171.24 | ↑ +59% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,525.00 | ↑ +85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,974.05 | ↑ +118% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,013.00 | ↑ +121% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $3,175.90 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,391.00 | ↑ +149% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,827.00 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,908.80 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,250.82 | ↑ +212% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,886.00 | ↑ +258% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,811.00 | ↑ +326% |
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Leg Vein Ultrasound (DVT study, both legs) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,794.05 | $237.46 – $3,194.88 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $757.50 | $48.34 – $1,212.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,355.07 | $321.54 – $1,039.84 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $775.54 | $193.06 – $1,537.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $4,227.11 | $193.06 – $1,721.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,060.36 | $193.06 – $1,324.96 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $851.45 | $193.06 – $1,836.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $842.27 | $193.06 – $1,813.05 |