M/phmtrc alys ishquant/semiq 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

$111.95

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.

$401.22

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.

$62.50 with DHR vs $960.40 with Blue Shield CA — 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
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $62.50 ↓ -44%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $62.50 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $162.50 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|HMO $178.99 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $178.99 ↑ +60%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $192.08 ↑ +72%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $192.08 ↑ +72%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $192.08 ↑ +72%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $192.08 ↑ +72%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $192.08 ↑ +72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $197.50 ↑ +76%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $200.00 ↑ +79%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $217.50 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +94%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +94%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +94%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $217.73 ↑ +94%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +94%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +94%
United Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +94%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +94%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +94%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $217.73 ↑ +94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +94%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +94%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $217.73 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $230.00 ↑ +105%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $250.00 ↑ +123%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $250.00 ↑ +123%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $250.00 ↑ +123%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $250.00 ↑ +123%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $250.00 ↑ +123%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $250.00 ↑ +123%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $250.00 ↑ +123%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $250.00 ↑ +123%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $250.00 ↑ +123%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $250.00 ↑ +123%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $250.00 ↑ +123%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $272.16 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $634.74 ↑ +467%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $634.74 ↑ +467%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $881.65 ↑ +688%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $960.40 ↑ +758%

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M/phmtrc alys ishquant/semiq at other California hospitals

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St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $220.76 $70.20 – $923.72
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $109.30 $34.27 – $316.93
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,354.00 $22.50 – $897.01
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $229.47 $72.44 – $274.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,156.00 $12.15 – $1,054.51
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $103.88 $125.00 – $1,000.43
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $102.76 $125.00 – $1,000.43
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $159.88 $28.00 – $224.00

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