Nuclear rx IV admin 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

$588.42

Cash price

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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.

$2,109.00

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.

$126.14 with Kaiser vs $2,109.00 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
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $126.14 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $126.14 ↓ -79%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $126.14 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $126.14 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $126.14 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $167.77 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $167.77 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $169.15 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $169.15 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $176.60 ↓ -70%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $176.60 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $212.27 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $212.27 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $212.27 ↓ -64%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $284.78 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $284.78 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $284.78 ↓ -52%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $284.78 ↓ -52%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $284.78 ↓ -52%
United Medicare|All Plans $284.78 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $284.78 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $284.78 ↓ -52%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $284.78 ↓ -52%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $284.78 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $284.78 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $284.78 ↓ -52%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $284.78 ↓ -52%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $284.78 ↓ -52%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $284.78 ↓ -52%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $284.78 ↓ -52%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $355.98 ↓ -40%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $527.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $527.25 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $561.65 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|HMO $561.65 ↓ -5%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $578.98 ↓ -2%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $630.70 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $813.17 ↑ +38%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $841.72 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $841.72 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,165.46 ↑ +98%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,370.85 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,596.39 ↑ +171%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,687.20 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,834.83 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $2,109.00 ↑ +258%

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Nuclear rx IV admin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,211.67 $126.14 – $2,643.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $908.43 $126.14 – $630.14
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $967.85 $126.14 – $1,398.37
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $237.82 $126.14 – $1,326.65
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $235.25 $126.14 – $1,326.65
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $361.08 $331.30 – $755.78
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $795.57 $126.14 – $1,087.32
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $523.77 $324.68 – $642.98

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