Psychotherapy patient individual therapy 45 minutes 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

$367.17

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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.

$1,316.00

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.

$77.07 with HCLA vs $1,833.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 $77.07 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $77.07 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $77.07 ↓ -79%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $77.07 ↓ -79%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $77.07 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $103.27 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $103.27 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $119.25 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $119.25 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $150.25 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $150.25 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $204.15 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -44%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -44%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $204.15 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -44%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -44%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -44%
United Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -44%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -44%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -44%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -44%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -44%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $204.15 ↓ -44%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $255.19 ↓ -30%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $302.68 ↓ -18%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $329.00 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $329.00 ↓ -10%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $353.75 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $425.90 ↑ +16%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $855.40 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $896.00 ↑ +144%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,052.80 ↑ +187%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,065.96 ↑ +190%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,144.92 ↑ +212%
United Commercial|HMO $1,250.20 ↑ +240%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,262.00 ↑ +244%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,262.00 ↑ +244%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,262.00 ↑ +244%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $1,316.00 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,316.00 ↑ +258%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,376.00 ↑ +275%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,376.00 ↑ +275%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,473.00 ↑ +301%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,833.00 ↑ +399%

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Psychotherapy patient individual therapy 45 minutes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $489.60 not published
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $220.45 $77.07 – $324.38
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $111.35 $19.50 – $660.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $344.25 $239.15 – $239.15
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $253.47 not published
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $512.55 $246.98 – $252.02
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $212.64 $194.05 – $422.33
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $215.27 $77.07 – $418.00

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