Thyroid mets imag whole body 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

$2,020.24

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.

$7,241.00

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.

$186.19 with HCLA vs $7,241.00 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
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $186.19 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $186.19 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $186.19 ↓ -91%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $186.19 ↓ -91%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $186.19 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $247.63 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $247.63 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $249.68 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $249.68 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $260.67 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $260.67 ↓ -87%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -66%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -66%
United Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -66%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -66%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $683.93 ↓ -66%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -66%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -66%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $683.93 ↓ -66%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -66%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $854.61 ↓ -58%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $854.91 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $930.95 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $989.47 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $989.47 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $989.47 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,101.15 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|HMO $1,101.15 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $1,503.19 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,627.88 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,627.88 ↓ -19%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $1,810.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $1,810.25 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,154.42 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,951.02 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $4,706.65 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,792.80 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,299.67 ↑ +212%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $7,241.00 ↑ +258%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,403.36 $281.68 – $2,499.12
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $2,413.60 $719.00 – $719.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $2,413.60 $719.00 – $719.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $1,622.40 $489.00 – $489.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $1,622.40 $489.00 – $489.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $879.01 $107.65 – $1,270.70
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $2,413.60 $719.00 – $719.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $2,413.60 $719.00 – $719.00

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