Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour 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

$120.53

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.

$432.00

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.

$21.11 with HCLA vs $6,311.00 with United — 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 $21.11 ↓ -82%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $21.11 ↓ -82%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $21.11 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $21.11 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $21.11 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $22.61 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $22.61 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $28.31 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $28.31 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $29.55 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $29.55 ↓ -75%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $96.89 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $105.55 ↓ -12%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $108.00 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $108.00 ↓ -10%
United Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +36%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +36%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +36%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +36%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +36%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +36%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +36%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +36%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $163.78 ↑ +36%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +36%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +36%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $163.78 ↑ +36%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +36%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $204.72 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $280.80 ↑ +133%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $313.00 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $341.28 ↑ +183%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $345.60 ↑ +187%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $368.00 ↑ +205%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $368.00 ↑ +205%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $375.84 ↑ +212%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $389.00 ↑ +223%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $397.44 ↑ +230%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $432.00 ↑ +258%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $432.00 ↑ +258%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,018.00 ↑ +3234%
United Commercial|HMO $6,311.00 ↑ +5136%

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Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $217.69 $29.24 – $497.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $207.16 $21.11 – $746.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $235.77 $21.11 – $232.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $183.85 $21.11 – $1,149.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $241.53 $21.11 – $572.88
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $238.92 $21.11 – $12,607.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $602.41 $105.50 – $844.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $409.84 $17.00 – $1,143.08

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