Cisplatin 1 mg/ml desensitization 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

$34.34

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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.

$63.00

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.

$2.06 with Hill Physicians vs $63.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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

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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $2.06 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.44 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|HMO $4.44 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.94 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.94 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4.94 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.20 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6.20 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6.20 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $6.46 ↓ -81%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $6.46 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $9.11 ↓ -73%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $17.66 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $30.87 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $45.99 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $48.51 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $52.92 ↑ +54%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $54.81 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $54.81 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $59.85 ↑ +74%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $61.74 ↑ +80%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $61.74 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $63.00 ↑ +83%

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Cisplatin 1 mg/ml desensitization at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $72.89 $3.07 – $66.30
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $26.97 $3.07 – $61.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $24.70 $2.86 – $61.74
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $23.38 $2.62 – $50.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $23.13 $3.07 – $49.77
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $422.04 $5.72 – $57.70
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $422.04 $3.90 – $68.83
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $18.53 $3.07 – $51.66

All California hospitals for this procedure →