Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit 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

$160.15

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.

$574.00

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.

$143.50 with DHR vs $6,311.00 with United — 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
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $143.50 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $143.50 ↓ -10%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $240.27 ↑ +50%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $240.27 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $240.27 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $240.27 ↑ +50%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $240.27 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $319.56 ↑ +100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $319.56 ↑ +100%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $322.20 ↑ +101%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $322.20 ↑ +101%
United Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↑ +103%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↑ +103%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↑ +103%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $325.02 ↑ +103%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↑ +103%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $325.02 ↑ +103%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↑ +103%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↑ +103%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $325.02 ↑ +103%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↑ +103%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $325.02 ↑ +103%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↑ +103%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $325.02 ↑ +103%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $325.02 ↑ +103%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $325.02 ↑ +103%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $336.38 ↑ +110%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $336.38 ↑ +110%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $373.10 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $401.80 ↑ +151%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $406.27 ↑ +154%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $459.20 ↑ +187%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $464.94 ↑ +190%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $499.38 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $574.00 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $574.00 ↑ +258%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,102.84 ↑ +589%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,201.35 ↑ +650%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,018.00 ↑ +2409%
United Commercial|HMO $6,311.00 ↑ +3841%

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $411.29 $253.53 – $732.42
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $173.25 $51.16 – $396.45
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $229.50 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $634.73 $240.27 – $969.22
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $217.12 $84.34 – $319.48
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $581.34 $240.27 – $969.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $926.02 $240.27 – $1,996.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $916.04 $240.27 – $1,971.84

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