Acetaminophen level at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital

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Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$39.79

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.

$73.00

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.

$14.91 with Partnership Health Plan vs $73.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $14.91 ↓ -63%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $14.91 ↓ -63%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $18.64 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.64 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $18.64 ↓ -53%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.64 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $18.64 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $18.64 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $18.64 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $18.64 ↓ -53%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $18.64 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $20.43 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|HMO $22.37 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $22.37 ↓ -44%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $33.70 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $33.70 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $48.91 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $56.21 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $56.94 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $60.59 ↑ +52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $62.78 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $63.51 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $63.51 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $67.89 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $69.35 ↑ +74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $71.54 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $71.54 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $72.27 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $73.00 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $73.00 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $73.00 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $73.00 ↑ +83%

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Acetaminophen level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $623.22 $18.27 – $51.60
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $594.66 $18.64 – $123.26
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $82.62 $18.64 – $53.06
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $420.24 $123.55 – $123.55
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $600.78 $18.27 – $55.48
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $166.56 $5.54 – $37.28
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $163.80 $18.64 – $37.28
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $26.58 $14.91 – $64.91

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