Liver imaging at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$908.99
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.
$3,258.00
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.
$111.73 with Kaiser vs $3,258.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -88% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -88% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -88% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $111.73 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $148.60 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $148.60 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.83 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.83 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $156.42 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $156.42 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $512.84 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $558.65 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $585.81 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $585.81 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $585.81 | ↓ -36% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -25% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -25% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -25% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -25% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $683.93 | ↓ -25% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $745.32 | ↓ -18% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $814.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $814.50 | ↓ -10% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $854.91 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,068.22 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,101.15 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,101.15 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,463.19 | ↑ +61% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,627.88 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,627.88 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $2,117.70 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,606.40 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,834.46 | ↑ +212% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,258.00 | ↑ +258% |
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Liver imaging at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $514.66 | $107.65 – $743.99 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,214.79 | $111.73 – $2,228.52 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,248.05 | $111.73 – $2,691.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,234.59 | $111.73 – $2,657.56 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,674.33 | $692.71 – $2,035.50 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,619.54 | $111.73 – $3,652.28 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,009.92 | $593.60 – $2,035.50 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,957.00 | $111.73 – $1,671.54 |