Pentobarbital sodium inj 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

$1,732.59

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.

$6,210.00

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.

$5.47 with BCBS - Anthem vs $4,500.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5.47 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7.48 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $9.79 ↓ -99%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $37.02 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $37.02 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $39.30 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $46.91 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $52.62 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $63.39 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $63.39 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $64.97 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $64.97 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $86.41 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $86.41 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $87.12 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $87.12 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $90.96 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $90.96 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $111.41 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|HMO $111.41 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $137.62 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $137.62 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $137.62 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $298.21 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $324.85 ↓ -81%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,125.00 ↓ -35%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,125.00 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,980.00 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,980.00 ↑ +14%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,925.00 ↑ +69%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,600.00 ↑ +108%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,915.00 ↑ +126%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $4,500.00 ↑ +160%

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Pentobarbital sodium inj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $238.48 $2.97 – $145.17
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,958.72 $3.65 – $145.17
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $458.86 $7.69 – $145.17
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $260.36 $7.71 – $145.17
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $208.81 $3.70 – $145.17
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $150.12 $3.61 – $145.17
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $1,841.28 $3.54 – $125.32
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $2,281.50 $3.80 – $2,732.24

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