Radiation handling at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$65.29
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.
$234.00
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.
$20.23 with Kaiser vs $234.00 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.
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 |
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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.23 | ↓ -69% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.23 | ↓ -69% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $20.23 | ↓ -69% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $20.23 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $20.23 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.13 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.13 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.32 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.32 | ↓ -57% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $55.51 | ↓ -15% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $55.51 | ↓ -15% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $58.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $58.50 | ↓ -10% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $92.86 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $101.15 | ↑ +55% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $114.66 | ↑ +76% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $114.66 | ↑ +76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $138.11 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $138.11 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $138.11 | ↑ +112% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $140.40 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $163.87 | ↑ +151% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $187.20 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $203.58 | ↑ +212% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $215.28 | ↑ +230% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $234.00 | ↑ +258% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $234.00 | ↑ +258% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $234.00 | ↑ +258% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $234.00 | ↑ +258% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $234.00 | ↑ +258% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $234.00 | ↑ +258% |
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Radiation handling at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $718.76 | $24.74 – $1,427.67 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $687.36 | $193.40 – $220.57 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $543.20 | $43.60 – $127.25 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $1,591.10 | $70.00 – $127.51 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $116.64 | $182.60 – $220.57 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $1,142.40 | $178.69 – $216.32 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $543.20 | $43.60 – $126.25 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance | Torrance | $481.25 | $71.15 – $125.16 |