Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate 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

$123.72

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.

$227.00

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.

$14.61 with Humana vs $222.46 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
Humana Commercial|All Plans $14.61 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↓ -88%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $14.61 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $16.75 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $16.75 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|HMO $17.53 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.53 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $19.85 ↓ -84%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $37.86 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $37.86 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $71.82 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $71.82 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $71.82 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $118.05 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $135.61 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $152.09 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $169.59 ↑ +37%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $174.79 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $177.06 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $188.41 ↑ +52%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $197.49 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $197.49 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $211.11 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $215.65 ↑ +74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $222.46 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $222.46 ↑ +80%

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Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $67.20 $14.61 – $105.84
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $24.33 $14.61 – $35.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $61.55 $14.61 – $105.84
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $17.35 $12.39 – $48.38
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $176.16 $12.42 – $29.22
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $16.93 $9.84 – $83.75
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $15.39 $7.87 – $83.75
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $146.88 $12.42 – $29.22

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