Pamidronate 30 mg/10 ml (3 mg/ml) intravenous solution 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

$73.10

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.

$262.00

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.

$12.06 with Healthcare Partners vs $126.00 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
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $12.06 ↓ -84%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $12.06 ↓ -84%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $13.88 ↓ -81%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $13.88 ↓ -81%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $15.26 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $16.73 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $16.73 ↓ -77%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $18.41 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $18.61 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $18.61 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $19.43 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $19.43 ↓ -73%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $20.64 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.76 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|HMO $20.76 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $24.61 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24.61 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $30.13 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.13 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $30.13 ↓ -59%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $31.50 ↓ -57%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $31.50 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $55.44 ↓ -24%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $55.44 ↓ -24%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $63.71 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $69.40 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $81.90 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $99.54 ↑ +36%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $100.80 ↑ +38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $108.36 ↑ +48%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $109.62 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $126.00 ↑ +72%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $126.00 ↑ +72%

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Pamidronate 30 mg/10 ml (3 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $53.54 $16.49 – $47.62
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $177.43 $27.75 – $328.46
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $61.21 $12.77 – $140.14
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $132.11 $12.77 – $140.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $999.11 $13.04 – $46.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $988.34 $16.61 – $58.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $177.43 $27.75 – $355.54
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $177.43 $22.32 – $424.10

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