Myelography neck spine at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$964.23
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.
$3,456.00
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.
$125.58 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $3,456.00 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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| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $125.58 | ↓ -87% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $125.58 | ↓ -87% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $125.58 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $125.58 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $125.58 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $168.40 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $168.40 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.81 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.81 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $205.30 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $205.30 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $356.97 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $356.97 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $356.97 | ↓ -63% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $576.41 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $627.90 | ↓ -35% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $864.00 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $864.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +4% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +4% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +4% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +4% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +4% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +4% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +4% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +4% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $1,003.85 | ↑ +4% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +4% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +4% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↑ +4% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $1,254.81 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,499.75 | ↑ +56% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,609.16 | ↑ +67% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,609.16 | ↑ +67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,149.50 | ↑ +123% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $2,246.40 | ↑ +133% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,379.96 | ↑ +147% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,379.96 | ↑ +147% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,764.80 | ↑ +187% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,944.27 | ↑ +205% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,006.72 | ↑ +212% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,456.00 | ↑ +258% |
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Myelography neck spine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $844.47 | $189.99 – $3,463.45 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,375.63 | $144.46 – $2,034.09 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,362.69 | $125.58 – $3,751.09 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,348.00 | $125.58 – $3,751.09 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,421.08 | $807.98 – $1,393.90 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,308.89 | $125.58 – $1,036.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,277.76 | $570.12 – $1,865.27 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,972.45 | $125.58 – $873.40 |