Prcrd drg 0-5yr or w/anomly 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

$1,707.21

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.

$6,119.00

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.

$238.64 with HCLA vs $7,773.00 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $238.64 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $238.64 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $238.64 ↓ -86%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $238.64 ↓ -86%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $238.64 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $317.39 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $317.39 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $320.02 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $320.02 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $334.10 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $334.10 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $653.00 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $816.00 ↓ -52%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,095.36 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,193.20 ↓ -30%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,407.37 ↓ -18%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,529.75 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,529.75 ↓ -10%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $2,998.31 ↑ +76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $3,096.00 ↑ +81%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $3,304.26 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $3,977.35 ↑ +133%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,160.92 ↑ +144%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,895.20 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,323.53 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,674.00 ↑ +232%
United Commercial|HMO $5,813.05 ↑ +240%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $6,119.00 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,773.00 ↑ +355%

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Prcrd drg 0-5yr or w/anomly at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,405.67 $593.00 – $6,619.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,157.55 $238.64 – $4,940.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,976.08 $238.64 – $4,607.96
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,756.83 $238.64 – $4,739.13
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,186.88 $1,727.00 – $10,593.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,186.88 $1,802.00 – $10,413.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $6,560.64 $1,847.00 – $9,031.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,360.93 $238.64 – $3,888.36

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