Bx pancreas pq ndl 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

$2,850.35

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.

$5,230.00

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.

$434.49 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 $434.49 ↓ -85%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $434.49 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $744.06 ↓ -74%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,547.87 ↓ -46%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,547.87 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,819.05 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,090.55 ↓ -27%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,129.16 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↓ -25%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↓ -25%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↓ -25%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $2,129.16 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,362.05 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,362.05 ↓ -17%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,579.25 ↓ -10%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,660.70 ↓ -7%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,660.70 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|HMO $2,715.00 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,715.00 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,775.00 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,285.00 ↑ +15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,546.00 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,776.00 ↑ +32%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,303.00 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,720.00 ↑ +66%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,838.00 ↑ +105%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,838.00 ↑ +105%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,838.00 ↑ +105%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $17,327.00 ↑ +508%

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Bx pancreas pq ndl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $833.52 $513.81 – $3,763.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,950.40 $434.49 – $4,465.86
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,677.65 $434.49 – $3,654.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,780.47 $434.49 – $4,239.48
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,038.65 $434.49 – $4,396.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,016.67 $434.49 – $4,341.05
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,487.38 $2,124.23 – $9,858.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,680.00 $434.49 – $5,258.40

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