Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid quantification cytomegalovirus 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

$25.78

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.

$92.40

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.

$12.94 with Blue Shield CA vs $273.10 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $12.94 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $15.71 ↓ -39%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $23.10 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $23.10 ↓ -10%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +66%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $42.84 ↑ +66%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +66%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +66%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +66%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +66%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +66%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $42.84 ↑ +66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +66%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +66%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +66%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +66%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +66%
United Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +66%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $51.41 ↑ +99%
United Commercial|HMO $51.41 ↑ +99%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $53.55 ↑ +108%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $54.62 ↑ +112%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $54.62 ↑ +112%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $54.62 ↑ +112%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $54.62 ↑ +112%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $54.62 ↑ +112%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $60.06 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $73.00 ↑ +183%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $73.25 ↑ +184%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $73.25 ↑ +184%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $73.92 ↑ +187%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $76.47 ↑ +197%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $76.47 ↑ +197%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $77.90 ↑ +202%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $77.90 ↑ +202%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $78.12 ↑ +203%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $78.12 ↑ +203%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $80.39 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $85.01 ↑ +230%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $92.40 ↑ +258%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $92.40 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $92.40 ↑ +258%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $92.40 ↑ +258%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $92.40 ↑ +258%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $174.79 ↑ +578%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $273.10 ↑ +959%

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Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid quantification cytomegalovirus at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $40.48 $24.95 – $113.68
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $18.41 $8.57 – $62.83
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $174.42 $41.98 – $211.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $189.68 $42.84 – $110.40
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $111.89 $42.84 – $90.56
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $173.73 $24.95 – $129.78
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $34.29 $42.84 – $123.12
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $33.92 $42.84 – $123.12

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