Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl 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

$41.02

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.

$147.00

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.

$10.50 with Scan Health Plan vs $147.00 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 $10.50 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $10.50 ↓ -74%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -74%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $10.50 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -74%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -74%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -74%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -74%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -74%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -74%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $11.79 ↓ -71%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $11.79 ↓ -71%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $11.79 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $11.79 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $11.79 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.60 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|HMO $12.60 ↓ -69%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $13.13 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $15.81 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $15.81 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $16.51 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $16.51 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $16.51 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $16.51 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $19.16 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $19.16 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $20.58 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24.99 ↓ -39%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $36.75 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $36.75 ↓ -10%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $37.73 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $39.38 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $39.38 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $39.38 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $58.95 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $95.55 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $104.69 ↑ +155%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $117.60 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $127.89 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $135.24 ↑ +230%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $147.00 ↑ +258%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $147.00 ↑ +258%

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St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $92.42 $10.50 – $32.76
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