Very long chain fatty acids at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$29.76
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.
$106.66
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.
$14.94 with Blue Shield CA vs $115.10 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.
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 | $14.94 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.14 | ↓ -39% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -34% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $19.75 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -34% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -34% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -34% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -34% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -34% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -34% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -34% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -34% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -34% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $23.02 | ↓ -23% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.02 | ↓ -23% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.02 | ↓ -23% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $23.02 | ↓ -23% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.02 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.70 | ↓ -20% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $23.70 | ↓ -20% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $24.69 | ↓ -17% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $26.67 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $26.67 | ↓ -10% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.87 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.87 | ↑ +4% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $32.23 | ↑ +8% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $32.23 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $32.36 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $32.36 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.02 | ↑ +21% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $36.02 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $69.33 | ↑ +133% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $73.67 | ↑ +148% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $74.54 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $74.54 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $74.54 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $84.27 | ↑ +183% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $85.33 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $92.80 | ↑ +212% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $98.13 | ↑ +230% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $106.66 | ↑ +258% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $106.66 | ↑ +258% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $115.10 | ↑ +287% |
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Very long chain fatty acids at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $115.92 | $18.00 – $18.00 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $115.92 | $18.00 – $18.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $115.92 | $18.00 – $18.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $115.92 | $18.00 – $18.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $139.88 | $13.00 – $13.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $139.88 | $13.00 – $13.00 |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $115.92 | $18.00 – $18.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $97.03 | $3.95 – $150.35 |