Place device/marker, non pro 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

$3,115.60

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.

$11,167.00

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.

$127.31 with HCLA vs $11,167.00 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 $127.31 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $127.31 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $127.31 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $127.31 ↓ -96%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $127.31 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $169.32 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $169.32 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $170.72 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $170.72 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $178.23 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $178.23 ↓ -94%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $584.35 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $636.55 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|HMO $1,500.00 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,520.00 ↓ -51%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,738.51 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,738.51 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,738.51 ↓ -44%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,738.51 ↓ -44%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,738.51 ↓ -44%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,738.51 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,738.51 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,738.51 ↓ -44%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,738.51 ↓ -44%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,738.51 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,738.51 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,738.51 ↓ -44%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,738.51 ↓ -44%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $1,738.51 ↓ -44%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $1,738.51 ↓ -44%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $1,738.51 ↓ -44%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $2,173.14 ↓ -30%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2,791.75 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2,791.75 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,136.82 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,136.82 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,136.82 ↑ +65%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,471.83 ↑ +76%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,471.83 ↑ +76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $6,700.20 ↑ +115%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,933.60 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9,715.29 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $11,167.00 ↑ +258%

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Place device/marker, non pro at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,276.24 $127.31 – $2,752.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,262.48 $127.31 – $2,717.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $938.16 $127.31 – $1,802.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,366.91 $1,925.97 – $1,965.27
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,389.76 $1,513.19 – $3,293.41
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,895.20 $127.31 – $1,636.26
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $1,868.78 $114.58 – $4,346.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $3,682.70 $1,780.22 – $4,751.00

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