X-ray sternum > 2 views at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$258.36
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.
$926.00
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.
$37.27 with Kaiser vs $926.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -86% |
| Gold Coast Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $37.27 | ↓ -86% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -86% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.57 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.57 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.98 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.98 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $52.18 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $52.18 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $79.75 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $79.75 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $79.75 | ↓ -69% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -57% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -57% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -57% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $111.88 | ↓ -57% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -57% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $139.85 | ↓ -46% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $171.07 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $182.03 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $182.03 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $186.35 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $206.47 | ↓ -20% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $231.50 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $231.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $269.08 | ↑ +4% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $269.08 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $295.92 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $405.33 | ↑ +57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $601.90 | ↑ +133% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $740.80 | ↑ +187% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $805.62 | ↑ +212% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $926.00 | ↑ +258% |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray sternum > 2 views at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $560.00 | $118.00 – $118.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $262.80 | $56.38 – $468.00 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $560.00 | $118.00 – $118.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $560.00 | $118.00 – $118.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $560.00 | $118.00 – $118.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $286.00 | $81.00 – $81.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $286.00 | $81.00 – $81.00 |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $560.00 | $118.00 – $118.00 |