Mayo lacosamide therapeutic drug level 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

$12.56

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.

$45.00

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.

$6.30 with Blue Shield CA vs $108.45 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6.30 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7.65 ↓ -39%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $11.25 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $11.25 ↓ -10%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $21.69 ↑ +73%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $21.69 ↑ +73%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $21.69 ↑ +73%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↑ +73%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↑ +73%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +116%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $27.11 ↑ +116%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +116%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +116%
United Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +116%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +116%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +116%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +116%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +116%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +116%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $27.11 ↑ +116%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +116%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +116%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +116%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +116%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $27.11 ↑ +116%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $28.85 ↑ +130%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $28.85 ↑ +130%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $29.09 ↑ +132%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $29.09 ↑ +132%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $29.25 ↑ +133%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $30.37 ↑ +142%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $30.37 ↑ +142%
United Commercial|HMO $32.53 ↑ +159%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $32.53 ↑ +159%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $33.89 ↑ +170%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $35.55 ↑ +183%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $36.00 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $39.15 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $41.40 ↑ +230%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $45.00 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $45.00 ↑ +258%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $45.00 ↑ +258%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $45.00 ↑ +258%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $45.00 ↑ +258%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $49.42 ↑ +293%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $49.42 ↑ +293%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $99.56 ↑ +693%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $108.45 ↑ +763%

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Mayo lacosamide therapeutic drug level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $19.71 $12.15 – $71.92
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $13.77 $5.42 – $35.79
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $79.56 $26.57 – $75.07
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $19.26 $21.68 – $69.85
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $29.97 $21.69 – $44.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $17.64 $12.15 – $82.11
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $16.70 $21.69 – $77.90
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $16.52 $21.69 – $77.90

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