Nitroglycerin 50 mg/250 ml (200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous 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

$29.30

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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.

$105.00

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.

$13.40 with Healthcare Partners vs $67.00 with US Behavioral Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $13.40 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.41 ↓ -47%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $16.75 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $16.75 ↓ -43%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $16.75 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $16.75 ↓ -43%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $18.76 ↓ -36%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $20.10 ↓ -31%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $20.10 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $29.48 ↑ +1%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.48 ↑ +1%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $43.55 ↑ +49%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $53.60 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $57.62 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $58.29 ↑ +99%
United Commercial|HMO $63.65 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $67.00 ↑ +129%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $67.00 ↑ +129%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $67.00 ↑ +129%

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Nitroglycerin 50 mg/250 ml (200 mcg/ml) in 5 % dextrose intravenous at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.38 $18.09 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $89.76 $2.07 – $2.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $115.99 $24.30 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $106.24 $46.44 – $168.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $40.07 $12.40 – $31.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $39.64 $7.75 – $31.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $89.76 $2.24 – $2.88
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $89.76 $2.67 – $2.88

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