Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body 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

$4,120.75

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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.

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$7,561.00

Gross charge

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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.

$195.09 with Partnership Health Plan vs $12,847.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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

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 $195.09 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $195.09 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -94%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $440.90 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $440.90 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,285.00 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,776.00 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,720.00 ↑ +15%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,065.87 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,821.97 ↑ +41%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,838.00 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,838.00 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,838.00 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $6,578.07 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,578.07 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,182.95 ↑ +74%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7,409.78 ↑ +80%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,409.78 ↑ +80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7,561.00 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|HMO $7,561.00 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,284.00 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $10,586.00 ↑ +157%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12,847.00 ↑ +212%

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,458.01 $295.15 – $6,158.10
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $11,124.15 $195.09 – $25,471.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $10,188.48 $195.09 – $25,471.18
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $9,518.01 $195.09 – $9,450.02
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $9,415.39 $195.09 – $25,398.45
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $427.38 $3,982.87 – $6,972.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6,628.53 $195.09 – $7,614.60
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $11,132.28 $1,716.00 – $12,908.00

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