Platelets pheresis pathogen-reduced each unit 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

$512.53

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.

$1,837.00

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.

$459.25 with DHR vs $6,311.00 with United — 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
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $459.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $459.25 ↓ -10%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $624.66 ↑ +22%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $624.66 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $624.66 ↑ +22%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $624.66 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $624.66 ↑ +22%
United Medicare|All Plans $746.20 ↑ +46%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $746.20 ↑ +46%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $746.20 ↑ +46%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $746.20 ↑ +46%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $746.20 ↑ +46%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $746.20 ↑ +46%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $746.20 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $746.20 ↑ +46%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $746.20 ↑ +46%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $746.20 ↑ +46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $746.20 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $746.20 ↑ +46%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $746.20 ↑ +46%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $746.20 ↑ +46%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $746.20 ↑ +46%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $746.20 ↑ +46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $830.80 ↑ +62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $830.80 ↑ +62%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $837.67 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $837.67 ↑ +63%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $874.52 ↑ +71%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $874.52 ↑ +71%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $932.75 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,194.05 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $1,285.90 ↑ +151%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,469.60 ↑ +187%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,487.97 ↑ +190%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,598.19 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,837.00 ↑ +258%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $1,837.00 ↑ +258%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $2,867.19 ↑ +459%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $3,123.30 ↑ +509%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,018.00 ↑ +684%
United Commercial|HMO $6,311.00 ↑ +1131%

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Platelets pheresis pathogen-reduced each unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $406.47 not published
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,241.80 $624.66 – $6,990.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,206.85 $624.66 – $6,903.02
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $406.47 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $406.47 $607.43 – $607.43
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $357.00 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $406.47 not published
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $446.30 $318.78 – $1,518.00

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