Place cath xtrnl carotid 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

$5,244.37

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.

$18,797.00

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.

$88.61 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $18,797.00 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
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $88.61 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $88.61 ↓ -98%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $88.61 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $88.61 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $88.61 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $118.83 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $118.83 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $124.05 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $124.05 ↓ -98%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $406.72 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $443.05 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $517.21 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $517.21 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,114.00 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,642.00 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $3,096.00 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,323.31 ↓ -18%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $4,699.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $4,699.25 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,674.00 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,773.00 ↑ +48%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $9,210.53 ↑ +76%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $10,150.38 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $12,218.05 ↑ +133%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12,781.96 ↑ +144%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $15,037.60 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $16,353.39 ↑ +212%
United Commercial|HMO $17,857.15 ↑ +241%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $18,797.00 ↑ +258%

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Place cath xtrnl carotid at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,866.28 $134.06 – $5,104.32
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $712.98 $588.14 – $1,921.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,283.24 $88.61 – $12,097.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,838.85 $88.61 – $12,097.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,899.52 $88.61 – $4,556.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,879.04 $88.61 – $5,068.80
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $13,158.00 $793.66 – $7,745.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $359.04 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00

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