Apheresis plasma 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

$1,985.98

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.

$3,644.00

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.

$1,121.46 with Partnership Health Plan vs $14,855.00 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 $1,121.46 ↓ -44%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $1,121.46 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,338.89 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,105.00 ↑ +6%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,154.18 ↑ +8%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,154.18 ↑ +8%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,154.18 ↑ +8%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,154.18 ↑ +8%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,154.18 ↑ +8%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,154.18 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,154.18 ↑ +8%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,154.18 ↑ +8%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $2,154.18 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,309.00 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,441.48 ↑ +23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,775.00 ↑ +40%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,785.31 ↑ +40%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2,785.31 ↑ +40%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,805.88 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,025.00 ↑ +52%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,170.28 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,170.28 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,461.80 ↑ +74%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,546.00 ↑ +79%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,571.12 ↑ +80%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,571.12 ↑ +80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,644.00 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|HMO $3,644.00 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,303.00 ↑ +117%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,173.00 ↑ +312%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,173.00 ↑ +312%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,173.00 ↑ +312%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $14,855.00 ↑ +648%

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Apheresis plasma at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,230.31 $1,121.46 – $5,106.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,511.95 $1,041.39 – $3,779.86
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $949.39 $1,121.46 – $2,559.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $986.13 $1,121.46 – $2,559.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $12,260.91 $2,211.33 – $7,455.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,487.49 $2,003.11 – $8,018.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,334.36 $877.59 – $3,510.36
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,901.90 $2,167.10 – $4,737.00

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