Plmt ureteral stent prq 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

$3,225.24

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.

$11,560.00

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.

$1,068.87 with Kaiser vs $11,560.00 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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $1,068.87 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $1,068.87 ↓ -67%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $1,068.87 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $1,068.87 ↓ -67%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,068.87 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $1,421.60 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $1,421.60 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,433.35 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,433.35 ↓ -56%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $1,496.42 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $1,496.42 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $1,718.00 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,114.00 ↓ -34%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,642.00 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,658.80 ↓ -18%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2,890.00 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2,890.00 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,150.00 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,316.00 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +36%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $4,382.26 ↑ +36%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +36%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +36%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +36%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +36%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +36%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +36%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +36%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +36%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +36%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +36%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +36%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,382.26 ↑ +36%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $4,906.11 ↑ +52%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5,165.00 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $5,344.35 ↑ +66%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $5,477.82 ↑ +70%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $5,664.40 ↑ +76%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,166.00 ↑ +91%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $6,242.40 ↑ +94%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $6,933.00 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $7,514.00 ↑ +133%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7,860.80 ↑ +144%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,248.00 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10,057.20 ↑ +212%
United Commercial|HMO $10,982.00 ↑ +241%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $11,560.00 ↑ +258%

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Plmt ureteral stent prq at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,169.37 $1,617.09 – $8,044.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,717.85 $1,068.87 – $7,201.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,321.02 $1,068.87 – $7,201.04
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,180.43 $1,068.87 – $6,008.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,135.36 $1,068.87 – $5,933.69
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,056.76 $5,004.98 – $17,909.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,151.51 $4,533.71 – $17,611.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,534.18 $1,068.87 – $8,640.24

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