Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation 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

$606.55

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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.

$2,174.00

Gross charge

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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.

$72.61 with Kaiser vs $2,174.00 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

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
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $72.61 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $72.61 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $72.61 ↓ -88%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $72.61 ↓ -88%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $72.61 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $97.37 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $97.37 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $101.65 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $101.65 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $127.68 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $127.68 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $306.00 ↓ -50%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $333.28 ↓ -45%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $346.00 ↓ -43%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $363.05 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $483.10 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $500.02 ↓ -18%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $543.50 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $543.50 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $588.02 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $588.02 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $588.02 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $692.40 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $948.42 ↑ +56%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $1,413.10 ↑ +133%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,739.20 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,891.38 ↑ +212%
United Commercial|HMO $2,065.30 ↑ +240%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $2,174.00 ↑ +258%

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Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $1,349.60 not published
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $656.13 $109.85 – $1,168.44
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $1,349.60 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $1,349.60 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,349.60 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $967.20 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $967.20 not published
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $1,349.60 not published

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