Plcmt dlyd xtn pros 1st vsl at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$2,668.92
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.
$9,566.00
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.
$672.37 with Kaiser vs $9,566.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $672.37 | ↓ -75% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $672.37 | ↓ -75% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $672.37 | ↓ -75% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $672.37 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $672.37 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $894.25 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $894.25 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $901.65 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $901.65 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $941.32 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $941.32 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,114.00 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,200.18 | ↓ -18% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,391.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,391.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,642.00 | ↓ -1% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,086.18 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $3,096.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,361.85 | ↑ +26% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $4,687.34 | ↑ +76% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $5,165.64 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,674.00 | ↑ +113% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $6,217.90 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,504.88 | ↑ +144% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,652.80 | ↑ +187% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,773.00 | ↑ +191% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,322.42 | ↑ +212% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,087.70 | ↑ +241% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,566.00 | ↑ +258% |
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Plcmt dlyd xtn pros 1st vsl at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,189.65 | $672.37 – $5,013.68 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,040.76 | $672.37 – $5,013.68 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,721.13 | $672.37 – $8,926.70 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,681.01 | $672.37 – $9,929.70 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,298.90 | $5,592.00 – $17,369.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $7,152.75 | $5,835.00 – $47,967.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,832.11 | $0.80 – $3,741.36 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $11,168.49 | $2,238.00 – $25,242.00 |