Repair arm/leg nerve 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

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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.

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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.

$896.74 with Kaiser vs $10,171.26 with LA Care — 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
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $896.74
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $896.74
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $896.74
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $896.74
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $896.74
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,201.63
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,201.63
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $1,490.84
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $1,490.84
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $1,979.00
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $1,979.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $2,405.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,829.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3,536.00
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $4,116.04
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,409.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,040.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $6,178.00
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $7,067.85
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7,373.00
United Medicare|All Plans $8,137.01
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8,137.01
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8,137.01
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,137.01
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8,137.01
Humana Commercial|All Plans $8,137.01
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $8,137.01
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8,137.01
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $8,137.01
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8,137.01
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8,137.01
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $8,137.01
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8,137.01
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $8,137.01
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $8,137.01
MHN Commercial|All Plans $8,137.01
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $8,294.00
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $10,171.26
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|< 21 not published by hospital
DHR Medicaid|> 21 not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital

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Repair arm/leg nerve at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $12,578.13 $2,570.00 – $11,185.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $13,614.96 $4,850.46 – $27,307.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $12,158.40 $4,393.74 – $27,307.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $6,302.07 $3,125.00 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $7,877.97 $8,005.00 – $27,307.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $13,462.98 $2,995.00 – $11,377.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,984.00 $3,734.68 – $8,128.41
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $4,410.00 $1,528.00 – $8,128.41

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