Brace ortho exos 28-50in sm 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

$565.71

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.

$1,038.00

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.

$259.50 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,017.24 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 $259.50 ↓ -54%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $290.64 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $290.64 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $508.62 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|HMO $705.84 ↑ +25%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $760.51 ↑ +34%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $760.51 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $799.26 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $861.54 ↑ +52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $871.92 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $882.30 ↑ +56%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $903.06 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $903.06 ↑ +60%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $944.58 ↑ +67%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $944.58 ↑ +67%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $944.58 ↑ +67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $965.34 ↑ +71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $965.34 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $986.10 ↑ +74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,017.24 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,017.24 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,017.24 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,017.24 ↑ +80%

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Brace ortho exos 28-50in sm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,151.46 $906.72 – $2,946.84
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $801.98 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $256.38 $229.50 – $459.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $234.81 $87.21 – $459.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $620.82 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $759.52 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $518.93 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $759.52 not published

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