Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation 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

$148.71

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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.

$533.00

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.

$35.46 with Kaiser vs $6,311.00 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.

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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 $35.46 ↓ -76%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $35.46 ↓ -76%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $35.46 ↓ -76%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $35.46 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $35.46 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $37.96 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $37.96 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $47.55 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $47.55 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $49.64 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $49.64 ↓ -67%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $133.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $133.25 ↓ -10%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $162.76 ↑ +9%
United Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +10%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +10%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +10%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +10%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +10%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +10%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +10%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +10%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +10%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 ↑ +10%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +10%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +10%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $163.78 ↑ +10%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $177.30 ↑ +19%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $204.72 ↑ +38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $261.00 ↑ +76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $313.00 ↑ +110%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $343.79 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $346.45 ↑ +133%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $368.00 ↑ +147%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $368.00 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $389.00 ↑ +162%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $426.40 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $463.71 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $470.91 ↑ +217%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $533.00 ↑ +258%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,018.00 ↑ +2602%
United Commercial|HMO $6,311.00 ↑ +4144%

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Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $260.18 $40.03 – $594.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $53.84 $25.78 – $107.67
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $534.48 $164.65 – $182.96
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.80 $26.80 – $746.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $185.82 $35.46 – $273.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $64.29 $26.80 – $1,149.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $306.82 $35.46 – $727.76
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $303.51 $35.46 – $12,607.00

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