Ultrasound abdomen aorta screening study aaa 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

$513.09

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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.

$1,839.00

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.

$85.45 with HCLA vs $1,839.00 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 $85.45 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $85.45 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $85.45 ↓ -83%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $85.45 ↓ -83%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $85.45 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $113.65 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $113.65 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $114.59 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $114.59 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $119.63 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $119.63 ↓ -77%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -74%
United Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -74%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -74%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $135.12 ↓ -74%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -74%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -74%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $135.12 ↓ -74%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -74%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $168.90 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $229.73 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $229.73 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $229.73 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -52%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $306.00 ↓ -40%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $346.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $362.18 ↓ -29%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $362.18 ↓ -29%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $392.22 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $427.25 ↓ -17%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $459.75 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $459.75 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $828.04 ↑ +61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,186.78 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,195.35 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,471.20 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,599.93 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,625.58 ↑ +217%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $1,839.00 ↑ +258%

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Ultrasound abdomen aorta screening study aaa at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $641.67 $129.27 – $1,142.70
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $901.60 $142.00 – $142.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $901.60 $142.00 – $142.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $624.00 $96.00 – $96.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $624.00 $96.00 – $96.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $349.32 $21.27 – $431.65
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $901.60 $142.00 – $142.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $901.60 $142.00 – $142.00

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