Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$1,273.08
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.
$4,563.00
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.
$9.24 with United vs $2,269.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.24 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9.24 | ↓ -99% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $9.52 | ↓ -99% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $9.52 | ↓ -99% |
| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $12.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $12.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.77 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.77 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.33 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.33 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $14.42 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $17.21 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.30 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $20.67 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.67 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $20.67 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $24.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24.00 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $26.77 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $26.77 | ↓ -98% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $43.70 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicaid|All Plans | $47.60 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $450.78 | ↓ -65% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $567.25 | ↓ -55% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $567.25 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $617.00 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $807.02 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $998.36 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $998.36 | ↓ -22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $1,474.85 | ↑ +16% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,815.20 | ↑ +43% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,974.03 | ↑ +55% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,269.00 | ↑ +78% |
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Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $2,290.03 | $5.20 – $5.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,314.00 | $9.24 – $900.00 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $2,290.03 | $5.20 – $5.20 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $2,290.03 | $5.20 – $5.20 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $2,290.03 | $5.20 – $5.20 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $2,126.46 | $5.20 – $5.20 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $2,126.46 | $5.20 – $5.20 |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $2,290.03 | $5.20 – $5.20 |