Aspiration fine needle (fna) biopsy w/ultrasound guidance 1st lesion 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

$1,235.52

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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.

$2,267.00

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.

$111.69 with Partnership Health Plan vs $12,737.00 with Health Net — 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 $111.69 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $111.69 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $153.02 ↓ -88%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $252.42 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $252.42 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $857.00 ↓ -31%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $924.59 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $924.59 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $924.59 ↓ -25%
United Medicare|All Plans $924.59 ↓ -25%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $924.59 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $924.59 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $924.59 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $924.59 ↓ -25%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $924.59 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $964.13 ↓ -22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $1,095.00 ↓ -11%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,108.03 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,251.93 ↑ +1%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,251.93 ↑ +1%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,329.00 ↑ +8%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,367.05 ↑ +11%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,410.22 ↑ +14%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,410.22 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,439.00 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|HMO $1,439.00 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,285.00 ↑ +166%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,776.00 ↑ +206%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,720.00 ↑ +282%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,838.00 ↑ +373%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,838.00 ↑ +373%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,838.00 ↑ +373%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $12,737.00 ↑ +931%

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Aspiration fine needle (fna) biopsy w/ultrasound guidance 1st lesion at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $969.30 $168.98 – $1,726.14
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,056.53 $140.72 – $1,963.28
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,313.76 $593.00 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,768.93 $111.69 – $2,327.50
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,619.05 $111.69 – $1,042.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,620.14 $111.69 – $2,235.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $924.91 $111.69 – $1,994.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $914.94 $111.69 – $1,969.47

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