Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
155 Glasson Way, Grass Valley, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1659361392
$624.57
Cash price 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.
$1,146.00
Gross charge 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.
$43.57 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $43.57 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $43.57 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $74.61 | ↓ -88% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $155.24 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $155.24 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $387.91 | ↓ -38% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $387.91 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $387.91 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $387.91 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $387.91 | ↓ -38% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $387.91 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $387.91 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $387.91 | ↓ -38% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $387.91 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $456.27 | ↓ -27% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $524.37 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $592.47 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $592.47 | ↓ -5% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $646.95 | ↑ +4% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $667.38 | ↑ +7% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $667.38 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $681.00 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $681.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $857.00 | ↑ +37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $1,095.00 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,329.00 | ↑ +113% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,601.00 | ↑ +637% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,288.00 | ↑ +747% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,838.00 | ↑ +835% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,838.00 | ↑ +835% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,838.00 | ↑ +835% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,610.00 | ↑ +958% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $10,920.00 | ↑ +1648% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,106.83 | $53.59 – $682.44 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $302.24 | $82.73 – $374.42 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,317.84 | $413.65 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,673.06 | $43.57 – $1,034.88 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $861.14 | $27.17 – $102.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,532.33 | $43.57 – $876.12 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $313.50 | $43.57 – $676.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $310.12 | $43.57 – $667.55 |