Pyruvate at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$6.89
Cash price 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.
$24.68
Gross charge 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.
$2.64 with Blue Shield CA vs $83.05 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2.64 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.20 | ↓ -54% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $4.70 | ↓ -32% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $4.70 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $12.22 | ↑ +77% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $14.48 | ↑ +110% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $14.48 | ↑ +110% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $14.48 | ↑ +110% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $14.48 | ↑ +110% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $14.48 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $14.48 | ↑ +110% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $14.48 | ↑ +110% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $14.48 | ↑ +110% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $14.48 | ↑ +110% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $14.48 | ↑ +110% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $14.48 | ↑ +110% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $14.48 | ↑ +110% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $14.48 | ↑ +110% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $14.48 | ↑ +110% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $14.48 | ↑ +110% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $14.48 | ↑ +110% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $14.86 | ↑ +116% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $15.04 | ↑ +118% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $16.36 | ↑ +137% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.61 | ↑ +141% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $16.61 | ↑ +141% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $16.61 | ↑ +141% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $16.61 | ↑ +141% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.61 | ↑ +141% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17.30 | ↑ +151% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $17.38 | ↑ +152% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17.38 | ↑ +152% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $18.10 | ↑ +163% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.80 | ↑ +173% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.80 | ↑ +173% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.80 | ↑ +173% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.80 | ↑ +173% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $18.80 | ↑ +173% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $18.80 | ↑ +173% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $18.80 | ↑ +173% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.80 | ↑ +173% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.80 | ↑ +173% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $18.80 | ↑ +173% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.80 | ↑ +173% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $26.40 | ↑ +283% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26.40 | ↑ +283% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $53.15 | ↑ +671% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $83.05 | ↑ +1105% |
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Pyruvate at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5.27 | $3.25 – $38.41 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $13.15 | $2.90 – $20.37 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $51.74 | $14.19 – $88.65 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $10.57 | $9.40 – $37.30 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $9.68 | $5.08 – $43.85 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $9.16 | $12.34 – $41.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $9.06 | $12.34 – $41.60 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $51.74 | $14.48 – $112.03 |