Lymph vessel x-ray arms/legs 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

$1,284.52

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.

$4,604.00

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.

$186.19 with Kaiser vs $4,677.90 with Cigna — 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
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $186.19 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $186.19 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $186.19 ↓ -86%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $186.19 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $186.19 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $247.63 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $247.63 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $249.68 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $249.68 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $260.67 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $260.67 ↓ -80%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $854.61 ↓ -33%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $930.95 ↓ -28%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,151.00 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,151.00 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,456.15 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,456.15 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,456.15 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $1,720.87 ↑ +34%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +54%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +54%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +54%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +54%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +54%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +54%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +54%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +54%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +54%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +54%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +54%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +54%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $1,973.80 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +54%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,973.80 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,466.41 ↑ +92%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $2,467.25 ↑ +92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,992.60 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,163.82 ↑ +146%
United Commercial|HMO $3,163.82 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,378.35 ↑ +163%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,683.20 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,005.48 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $4,604.00 ↑ +258%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4,677.90 ↑ +264%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,677.90 ↑ +264%

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Lymph vessel x-ray arms/legs at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $563.27 $281.68 – $6,807.55
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,964.33 $186.19 – $6,787.48
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,715.00 $186.19 – $7,771.48
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,453.95 $186.19 – $7,372.90
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,438.28 $186.19 – $7,372.90
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $652.39 $186.19 – $1,110.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,512.32 $1,720.93 – $3,745.56
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,119.61 $186.19 – $1,087.00

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