Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po 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

$87.20

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.

$160.00

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.

$1.70 with Blue Shield CA vs $63.70 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1.70 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $1.70 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1.70 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|HMO $3.32 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3.32 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3.69 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3.69 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3.69 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6.08 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7.15 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $8.22 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10.27 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $31.85 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $50.05 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $56.55 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $56.55 ↓ -35%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $61.75 ↓ -29%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $63.70 ↓ -27%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $63.70 ↓ -27%

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Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $1.45 – $52.26
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $73.19 $2.17 – $84.28
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $47.04 $1.70 – $84.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $67.53 $0.95 – $25.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $66.80 $1.85 – $25.28
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $4.29 – $4.36
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $4.36 – $5.12
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $84.15 $5.14 – $5.14

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