MRI guid parenchymal tiss ablation at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$1,031.75
Cash price 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.
$3,698.00
Gross charge 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.
$171.59 with Kaiser vs $3,698.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $171.59 | ↓ -83% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $171.59 | ↓ -83% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $171.59 | ↓ -83% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $171.59 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $171.59 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $228.21 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $228.21 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $230.10 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $230.10 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $240.23 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $240.23 | ↓ -77% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $787.60 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $850.54 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $857.95 | ↓ -17% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $924.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $924.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,156.09 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,156.09 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,156.09 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,965.00 | ↑ +90% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,965.00 | ↑ +90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $2,403.70 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $2,921.42 | ↑ +183% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,958.40 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,217.26 | ↑ +212% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,402.16 | ↑ +230% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,513.10 | ↑ +240% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,698.00 | ↑ +258% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,698.00 | ↑ +258% |
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MRI guid parenchymal tiss ablation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $1,995.63 – $2,653.16 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $2,511.83 – $3,352.93 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $3,802.25 – $3,802.25 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $1,149.05 – $1,516.77 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $3,811.13 – $3,811.13 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $2,563.69 – $2,852.54 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | not published | $1,837.14 – $4,257.45 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $733.99 – $2,042.21 |