Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$1,131.63
Cash price 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.
$4,056.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,014.00 with DHR vs $4,056.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,014.00 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,014.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,095.12 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,384.77 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,384.77 | ↑ +22% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↑ +64% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↑ +64% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↑ +64% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↑ +64% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↑ +64% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↑ +64% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↑ +64% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↑ +64% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↑ +64% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↑ +64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,853.28 | ↑ +64% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↑ +64% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↑ +64% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $1,853.28 | ↑ +64% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↑ +64% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $2,316.60 | ↑ +105% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,541.00 | ↑ +125% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,541.00 | ↑ +125% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $2,636.40 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $3,204.24 | ↑ +183% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,244.80 | ↑ +187% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,330.77 | ↑ +194% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,330.77 | ↑ +194% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,528.72 | ↑ +212% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,731.52 | ↑ +230% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,056.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,056.00 | ↑ +258% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,056.00 | ↑ +258% |
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Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,082.93 | $1,853.28 – $11,638.48 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,880.45 | $925.89 – $3,507.42 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,931.78 | $1,330.56 – $4,829.44 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,448.39 | $1,853.28 – $3,330.77 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,432.77 | $1,374.36 – $3,084.16 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,614.59 | $2,030.33 – $6,312.15 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,218.72 | $1,989.72 – $5,370.12 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,517.92 | $1,563.28 – $3,402.43 |