Trichinella antibody 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

$20.88

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.

$74.81

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.

$10.48 with Blue Shield CA vs $80.10 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.

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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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $10.48 ↓ -50%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -40%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -40%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $12.56 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $12.56 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -40%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -40%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -40%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -40%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -40%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -40%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -40%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -40%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -40%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $12.56 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12.72 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.07 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|HMO $15.07 ↓ -28%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $15.70 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $16.02 ↓ -23%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $16.02 ↓ -23%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $16.02 ↓ -23%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $16.02 ↓ -23%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $16.02 ↓ -23%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $18.71 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $18.71 ↓ -10%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $21.48 ↑ +3%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $21.48 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $22.25 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $22.25 ↑ +7%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $22.43 ↑ +7%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $22.43 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.89 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $22.89 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $48.63 ↑ +133%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $51.27 ↑ +146%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $51.87 ↑ +148%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $51.87 ↑ +148%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $51.87 ↑ +148%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $59.10 ↑ +183%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $59.85 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $65.09 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $68.83 ↑ +230%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $74.81 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $74.81 ↑ +258%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $80.10 ↑ +284%

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Trichinella antibody at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $12.10 $2.51 – $18.43
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.02 $12.56 – $73.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $29.33 $12.56 – $73.32
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $17.91 $12.56 – $38.61
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $17.71 $12.56 – $38.12
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $27.56 $4.83 – $38.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $14.19 $10.14 – $39.57
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $58.21 $11.17 – $73.32

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