Mayo analysis gene smn1 dosage/deletion 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

$55.80

Cash price

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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.

$200.00

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.

$35.42 with DHR vs $548.00 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.

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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
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $35.42 ↓ -37%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $35.42 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $92.08 ↑ +65%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $109.60 ↑ +96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $109.60 ↑ +96%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $109.60 ↑ +96%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $109.60 ↑ +96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $109.60 ↑ +96%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $113.33 ↑ +103%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $123.25 ↑ +121%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $130.33 ↑ +134%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $137.00 ↑ +146%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $137.00 ↑ +146%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $137.00 ↑ +146%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $137.00 ↑ +146%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $137.00 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $137.00 ↑ +146%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $137.00 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $137.00 ↑ +146%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $137.00 ↑ +146%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $137.00 ↑ +146%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $137.00 ↑ +146%
United Medicare|All Plans $137.00 ↑ +146%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $137.00 ↑ +146%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $137.00 ↑ +146%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $137.00 ↑ +146%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $137.00 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $141.66 ↑ +154%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $141.66 ↑ +154%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $141.66 ↑ +154%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $141.66 ↑ +154%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $141.66 ↑ +154%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $141.66 ↑ +154%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $141.66 ↑ +154%
United Commercial|HMO $141.66 ↑ +154%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $141.66 ↑ +154%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $141.66 ↑ +154%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $141.66 ↑ +154%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $141.66 ↑ +154%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $141.66 ↑ +154%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $171.25 ↑ +207%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $249.79 ↑ +348%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $249.79 ↑ +348%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $503.06 ↑ +802%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $548.00 ↑ +882%

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Mayo analysis gene smn1 dosage/deletion at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $166.92 $70.83 – $352.99
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $133.20 $76.69 – $138.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $152.88 $38.25 – $414.97
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $74.20 $100.00 – $393.69
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $73.40 $100.00 – $393.69
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $114.20 $20.00 – $160.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $58.80 $42.00 – $200.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $155.60 $73.67 – $138.83

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