Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) 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

$4,979.67

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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.

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.

$9,137.00

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.

$154.13 with Partnership Health Plan vs $17,327.00 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 $154.13 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $154.13 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $211.25 ↓ -96%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $348.33 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $348.33 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $857.00 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $1,095.00 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,329.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,285.00 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,518.17 ↓ -29%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,761.02 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,761.02 ↓ -24%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,761.02 ↓ -24%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,761.02 ↓ -24%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $3,761.02 ↓ -24%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,761.02 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,761.02 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $3,761.02 ↓ -24%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $3,761.02 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,776.00 ↓ -24%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,043.27 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,568.37 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4,568.37 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,720.00 ↓ -5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,988.45 ↑ +0%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,145.98 ↑ +3%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,145.98 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,251.00 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|HMO $5,251.00 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,838.00 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,838.00 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,838.00 ↑ +17%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $17,327.00 ↑ +248%

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Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,011.78 $233.18 – $4,620.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,835.93 $154.13 – $6,298.46
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $173.83 $53.04 – $200.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,493.52 $154.13 – $4,870.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,550.63 $154.13 – $3,819.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,523.13 $154.13 – $3,771.46
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,139.78 $1,727.00 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,972.90 $1,802.00 – $9,858.00

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