Tc-99m mebrofenin at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$62.78
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.
$225.00
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.
$45.36 with Kaiser vs $226.80 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.36 | ↓ -28% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $45.36 | ↓ -28% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $45.36 | ↓ -28% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $45.36 | ↓ -28% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.36 | ↓ -28% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $56.25 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $56.25 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $60.33 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $60.33 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $60.83 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $60.83 | ↓ -3% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.50 | ↑ +1% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.50 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $145.29 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $146.25 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $177.75 | ↑ +183% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $180.00 | ↑ +187% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $187.21 | ↑ +198% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $187.21 | ↑ +198% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $195.75 | ↑ +212% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $198.86 | ↑ +217% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $208.20 | ↑ +232% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $225.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $226.80 | ↑ +261% |
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Tc-99m mebrofenin at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $136.66 | $68.62 – $243.36 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $680.40 | $65.00 – $65.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $680.40 | $65.00 – $65.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $631.80 | $58.00 – $58.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $631.80 | $58.00 – $58.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $533.20 | $74.84 – $742.05 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $680.40 | $65.00 – $65.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $680.40 | $65.00 – $65.00 |