Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service 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

$114.45

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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.

$210.00

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.

$3.60 with United vs $5,838.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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
United Commercial|HMO $3.60 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3.60 ↓ -97%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $138.69 ↑ +21%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $159.39 ↑ +39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $161.46 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $171.81 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $180.09 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $180.09 ↑ +57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $192.51 ↑ +68%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $196.65 ↑ +72%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $202.86 ↑ +77%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $202.86 ↑ +77%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,838.00 ↑ +5001%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,838.00 ↑ +5001%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,838.00 ↑ +5001%

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Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $140.16 $3.60 – $249.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $43.35 $6.00 – $9.34
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $11.99 $3.00 – $17.64
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $25.98 $9.09 – $38.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $7.06 $3.00 – $15.68
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $156.57 $3.60 – $305.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $154.88 $3.60 – $301.78
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $64.26 $6.00 – $9.34

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