Skyla, 13.5 mg at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$840.63
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.
$3,013.00
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.
$602.60 with Healthcare Partners vs $5,056.90 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 |
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| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $602.60 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $716.63 | ↓ -15% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $753.25 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $753.25 | ↓ -10% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $843.64 | ↑ +0% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $898.11 | ↑ +7% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $903.90 | ↑ +8% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $903.90 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,007.34 | ↑ +20% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,011.38 | ↑ +20% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,011.38 | ↑ +20% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,011.38 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,155.86 | ↑ +37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,155.86 | ↑ +37% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,325.72 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,325.72 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,345.14 | ↑ +60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,345.14 | ↑ +60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,356.26 | ↑ +61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,356.26 | ↑ +61% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,415.93 | ↑ +68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,415.93 | ↑ +68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,713.78 | ↑ +104% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,907.17 | ↑ +127% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,907.17 | ↑ +127% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,958.45 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,345.72 | ↑ +179% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $2,380.27 | ↑ +183% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,410.40 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,621.31 | ↑ +212% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,634.86 | ↑ +213% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,634.86 | ↑ +213% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,634.86 | ↑ +213% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,013.00 | ↑ +258% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,642.23 | ↑ +452% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,056.90 | ↑ +502% |
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Skyla, 13.5 mg at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,300.54 | $1,011.38 – $4,856.65 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $1,300.13 | $521.95 – $3,938.35 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $1,034.41 | $832.22 – $3,796.00 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $1,845.81 | $521.95 – $3,890.90 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $1,300.13 | $521.95 – $4,745.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $1,366.56 | $857.48 – $2,591.26 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $436.84 | $1,031.61 – $2,609.37 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $865.39 – $2,609.37 |