Radiation treatment aid(s) 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

$539.03

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.

$1,932.00

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.

$25.11 with Healthcare Partners vs $1,932.00 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.

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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
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $25.11 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $25.11 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $62.74 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $62.74 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $62.74 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $65.60 ↓ -88%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $65.60 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $65.60 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $65.60 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $65.60 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $87.97 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $87.97 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $91.84 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $91.84 ↓ -83%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -69%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -69%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -69%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $168.70 ↓ -69%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -69%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -69%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $168.70 ↓ -69%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $168.70 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $181.60 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $181.60 ↓ -66%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $210.88 ↓ -61%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $301.10 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $328.00 ↓ -39%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $483.00 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $483.00 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $606.70 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $869.54 ↑ +61%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $946.68 ↑ +76%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $946.68 ↑ +76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,159.20 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,191.06 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|HMO $1,500.00 ↑ +178%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,520.00 ↑ +182%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,545.60 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,680.84 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $1,932.00 ↑ +258%

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Radiation treatment aid(s) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $257.99 $56.62 – $512.43
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $405.75 $65.60 – $11,311.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,285.71 $190.84 – $563.88
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $592.11 $172.87 – $639.44
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $386.03 $54.65 – $1,313.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $911.88 $187.03 – $479.73
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $530.88 $100.19 – $319.81
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $278.62 $65.60 – $541.00

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