Perit-vens shunt pat tst 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

$1,101.78

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.

$3,949.00

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.

$202.41 with HCLA vs $3,949.00 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $202.41 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $202.41 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $202.41 ↓ -82%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $202.41 ↓ -82%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $202.41 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $269.21 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $269.21 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $271.43 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $271.43 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $283.37 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $283.37 ↓ -74%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $510.57 ↓ -54%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -54%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $638.21 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $747.52 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $747.52 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $747.52 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -23%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $929.06 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $972.41 ↓ -12%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $987.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $987.25 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,012.05 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,254.00 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,254.00 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,393.69 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,909.01 ↑ +73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,566.85 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,159.20 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,435.63 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $3,949.00 ↑ +258%

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Perit-vens shunt pat tst at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $556.93 $80.37 – $805.10
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $4,035.30 $202.41 – $2,796.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $364.70 $202.41 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $360.77 $202.41 – $1,976.45
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,130.67 $514.17 – $1,024.89
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $280.77 $111.51 – $531.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $573.20 $202.41 – $511.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,556.55 $202.41 – $6,158.70

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