Placement nephrostomy catheter (both sides) at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$2,574.62
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.
$9,228.00
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.
$773.64 with Kaiser vs $9,228.00 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.
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 |
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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $773.64 | ↓ -70% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $773.64 | ↓ -70% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $773.64 | ↓ -70% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $773.64 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $773.64 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,028.94 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,028.94 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,037.45 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,037.45 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,083.10 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,083.10 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $1,718.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,114.00 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,122.44 | ↓ -18% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,307.00 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,307.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +1% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +1% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +1% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +1% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +1% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +1% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +1% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +1% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +1% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +1% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $2,602.84 | ↑ +1% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↑ +1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,642.00 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,150.00 | ↑ +22% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $3,253.55 | ↑ +26% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,551.01 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,868.20 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,316.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,319.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $4,521.72 | ↑ +76% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $4,983.12 | ↑ +94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,156.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,798.00 | ↑ +125% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $5,998.20 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,275.04 | ↑ +144% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,382.40 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,028.36 | ↑ +212% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8,766.60 | ↑ +241% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,228.00 | ↑ +258% |
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Placement nephrostomy catheter (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,691.95 | $1,170.44 – $4,793.88 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,419.34 | $773.64 – $9,926.42 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,913.72 | $773.64 – $9,926.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,847.27 | $773.64 – $2,350.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,805.79 | $773.64 – $2,350.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,734.11 | $2,968.05 – $10,593.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,172.09 | $2,688.58 – $10,413.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,344.63 | $773.64 – $5,090.40 |