Boot softgait shrt m 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

$148.79

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.

$273.00

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.

$68.25 with BCBS - Anthem vs $267.54 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 Medicaid|All Plans $68.25 ↓ -54%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $76.44 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $76.44 ↓ -49%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $116.74 ↓ -22%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $116.74 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $133.77 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|HMO $185.64 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $210.21 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $226.59 ↑ +52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $229.32 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $232.05 ↑ +56%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $237.51 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $237.51 ↑ +60%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $248.43 ↑ +67%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $248.43 ↑ +67%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $248.43 ↑ +67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $253.89 ↑ +71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $253.89 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $259.35 ↑ +74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $267.54 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $267.54 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $267.54 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $267.54 ↑ +80%

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Boot softgait shrt m at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $246.72 $116.74 – $598.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $244.06 $116.74 – $645.05
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $156.41 $116.74 – $532.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $136.99 $61.18 – $255.36
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $45.00 $47.00 – $100.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $83.85 $23.00 – $583.70
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $76.25 $24.15 – $583.70
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $63.57 $23.00 – $486.45

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