Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$171.03
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.
$613.00
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.
$47.95 with HCLA vs $4,316.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $47.95 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.95 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.95 | ↓ -72% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $47.95 | ↓ -72% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $47.95 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $64.25 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $64.25 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.72 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.72 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $106.43 | ↓ -38% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $106.43 | ↓ -38% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $153.25 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $153.25 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $190.03 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $190.03 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $190.03 | ↑ +11% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $220.09 | ↑ +29% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $246.67 | ↑ +44% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↑ +44% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $246.67 | ↑ +44% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↑ +44% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↑ +44% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↑ +44% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $246.67 | ↑ +44% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $246.67 | ↑ +44% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↑ +44% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $246.67 | ↑ +44% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $246.67 | ↑ +44% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $246.67 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $300.37 | ↑ +76% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $300.37 | ↑ +76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $306.50 | ↑ +79% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $308.34 | ↑ +80% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $355.54 | ↑ +108% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $361.67 | ↑ +111% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $380.10 | ↑ +122% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $398.45 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $398.45 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $429.10 | ↑ +151% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $490.40 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $533.31 | ↑ +212% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $613.00 | ↑ +258% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,718.00 | ↑ +905% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,525.00 | ↑ +1376% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,539.00 | ↑ +1385% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,013.00 | ↑ +1662% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,150.00 | ↑ +1742% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,391.00 | ↑ +1883% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,834.00 | ↑ +2142% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,316.00 | ↑ +2424% |
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Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $276.38 | $51.90 – $517.42 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $415.14 | $268.99 – $274.48 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $373.65 | $47.95 – $855.54 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $203.80 | $47.95 – $299.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $323.01 | $47.95 – $807.52 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $197.75 | $47.95 – $437.06 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $195.62 | $47.95 – $437.06 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $553.86 | $283.41 – $6,200.00 |