Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution 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

$34.04

Cash price

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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.

$122.00

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.

$5.20 with Healthcare Partners vs $26.00 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.

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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
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $5.20 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.98 ↓ -82%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $6.50 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $6.50 ↓ -81%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $6.50 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $6.50 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $7.28 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $7.80 ↓ -77%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $7.80 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11.44 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.44 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $16.90 ↓ -50%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.80 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $22.36 ↓ -34%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $22.62 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|HMO $24.70 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $26.00 ↓ -24%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $26.00 ↓ -24%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $26.00 ↓ -24%

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Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $141.10 $0.06 – $20.10
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $201.03 $0.26 – $0.54
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $484.07 $24.30 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $123.88 $19.71 – $71.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $147.29 $10.40 – $26.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $83.31 $6.50 – $26.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $260.23 $0.28 – $0.54
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $260.23 $0.33 – $0.54

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