Amniocentesis therapeutic 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

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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.

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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.

$111.88 with Partnership Health Plan vs $10,920.00 with Health Net — 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 $111.88
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $111.88
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $191.59
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $252.85
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $252.85
Humana Commercial|All Plans $399.74
Humana Medicare|All Plans $399.74
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $399.74
United Medicare|All Plans $399.74
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $399.74
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $399.74
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $399.74
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $399.74
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $399.74
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,775.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,285.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,546.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,776.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,303.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,720.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,838.00
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,838.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,838.00
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10,920.00
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|PPO not published by hospital

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Amniocentesis therapeutic at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $956.30 $60.84 – $1,777.04
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $918.04 $190.20 – $1,156.40
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $466.35 $111.88 – $1,412.66
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $496.36 $222.36 – $959.42
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $371.04 $111.88 – $1,361.60
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $662.08 $111.88 – $1,395.64
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $466.35 $111.88 – $1,702.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $490.18 $111.88 – $1,412.66

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