Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital

155 Glasson Way, Grass Valley, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1659361392

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

$35.43

Cash price

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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.

$65.00

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.

$10.62 with Partnership Health Plan vs $65.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $10.62 ↓ -70%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $10.62 ↓ -70%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $11.25 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $14.55 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|HMO $17.52 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.52 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.02 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.02 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.02 ↓ -35%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -32%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $31.85 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $47.45 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $50.05 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $54.60 ↑ +54%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $56.55 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $56.55 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $61.75 ↑ +74%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $63.70 ↑ +80%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $63.70 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $65.00 ↑ +83%

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Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $56.50 $10.49 – $129.36
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $38.22 $10.62 – $110.45
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $47.25 $10.49 – $95.33
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $15.07 $10.62 – $54.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $125.99 $9.56 – $293.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $45.36 $10.62 – $116.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $44.34 $10.62 – $108.80
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $17.81 $7.15 – $77.80

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