Bone tendon board add on 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

$6,935.67

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.

$12,726.00

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.

$193.45 with BCBS - Anthem vs $12,471.48 with Healthsmart — 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $193.45 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $222.35 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $277.72 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $3,181.50 ↓ -54%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $3,563.28 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $3,563.28 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6,235.74 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|HMO $8,653.68 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9,799.02 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10,562.58 ↑ +52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $10,689.84 ↑ +54%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11,071.62 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11,071.62 ↑ +60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $11,580.66 ↑ +67%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $11,580.66 ↑ +67%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $11,580.66 ↑ +67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $11,835.18 ↑ +71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11,835.18 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12,089.70 ↑ +74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,471.48 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12,471.48 ↑ +80%

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Bone tendon board add on at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7,529.45 $408.31 – $18,265.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7,448.27 $171.28 – $19,686.15
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,176.86 $307.92 – $14,207.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $4,180.77 $123.17 – $7,793.28
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $9,096.30 $157.67 – $9,950.00
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $7,830.01 $27.50 – $11,577.93
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $5,835.10 $525.77 – $13,570.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $11,508.13 $143.76 – $143.76

All California hospitals for this procedure →