Prgr stim/pace a/iv drug 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

$931.59

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.

$3,339.00

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.

$236.79 with BCBS - Anthem vs $26,425.00 with Health Net — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $236.79 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $236.79 ↓ -75%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $834.75 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $834.75 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $901.53 ↓ -3%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,170.35 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,671.20 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,904.93 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $3,096.00 ↑ +232%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $3,339.00 ↑ +258%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,018.00 ↑ +331%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,674.00 ↑ +509%
United Commercial|HMO $6,311.00 ↑ +577%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,773.00 ↑ +734%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $18,959.00 ↑ +1935%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $20,078.00 ↑ +2055%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $20,078.00 ↑ +2055%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $20,078.00 ↑ +2055%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $20,293.00 ↑ +2078%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $23,473.00 ↑ +2420%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $25,286.00 ↑ +2614%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $26,425.00 ↑ +2737%

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Prgr stim/pace a/iv drug at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,474.66 $2,141.91 – $6,187.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $752.00 $878.50 – $1,721.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $667.97 $460.08 – $1,669.92
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,280.18 $235.01 – $6,213.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,270.52 $2,747.00 – $7,745.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $513.33 $366.66 – $1,431.72
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,704.35 $1,716.00 – $5,318.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,283.90 $204.75 – $2,493.00

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