Total tau at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$92.54
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.
$331.68
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.
$46.44 with Blue Shield CA vs $331.68 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.
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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $46.44 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $56.39 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $76.29 | ↓ -18% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.92 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.92 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $215.60 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $265.35 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $288.57 | ↑ +212% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $315.10 | ↑ +241% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $331.68 | ↑ +258% |
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Total tau at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $19.04 | $120.00 – $120.00 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $19.04 | $120.00 – $120.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $19.04 | $120.00 – $120.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $19.04 | $120.00 – $120.00 |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $19.04 | $120.00 – $120.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $251.03 | $164.41 – $388.97 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $19.04 | $120.00 – $120.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $19.04 | $120.00 – $120.00 |