Plcmt sft tiss loc pq w/img 1st lsn 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

$1,126.89

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.

$4,039.00

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.

$492.55 with Gold Coast Health Plan vs $4,316.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $492.55 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $492.55 ↓ -56%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $492.55 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $492.55 ↓ -56%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $492.55 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $655.09 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $655.09 ↓ -42%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $660.51 ↓ -41%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $660.51 ↓ -41%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $689.57 ↓ -39%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $689.57 ↓ -39%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -21%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -21%
United Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -21%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -21%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $893.98 ↓ -21%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -21%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -21%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $893.98 ↓ -21%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $928.97 ↓ -18%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,009.75 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,009.75 ↓ -10%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $1,117.47 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $1,718.00 ↑ +52%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,979.11 ↑ +76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,114.00 ↑ +88%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $2,181.06 ↑ +94%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $2,260.80 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $2,462.75 ↑ +119%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,625.35 ↑ +133%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,642.00 ↑ +134%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,746.52 ↑ +144%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,020.00 ↑ +168%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,150.00 ↑ +180%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,231.20 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,513.93 ↑ +212%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,604.00 ↑ +220%
United Commercial|HMO $3,837.05 ↑ +240%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $4,039.00 ↑ +258%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,054.00 ↑ +260%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,316.00 ↑ +283%

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Plcmt sft tiss loc pq w/img 1st lsn at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,238.23 $700.92 – $2,024.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,002.15 $444.22 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,069.58 $492.55 – $2,283.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $905.52 $492.55 – $1,940.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $700.82 $492.55 – $1,511.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $693.27 $492.55 – $1,492.31
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,372.41 $910.78 – $8,018.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $683.91 $3,331.00 – $25,998.00

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