Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
155 Glasson Way, Grass Valley, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1659361392
$201.65
Cash price 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.
$370.00
Gross charge 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.
$29.48 with United vs $51.58 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $29.48 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $33.88 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $37.84 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $38.28 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $38.28 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $40.61 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $40.61 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $41.48 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $41.48 | ↓ -79% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $41.80 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $43.12 | ↓ -79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $43.12 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $43.56 | ↓ -78% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $44.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $44.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $44.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $44.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $44.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $44.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $44.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $44.00 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.00 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $44.00 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $44.00 | ↓ -78% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $44.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $51.58 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $51.58 | ↓ -74% |
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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $78.84 | $40.61 – $140.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $108.63 | $50.33 – $66.86 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $132.68 | $24.03 – $110.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $34.03 | $13.22 – $50.07 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $121.52 | $12.98 – $129.97 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $45.64 | $33.23 – $123.30 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $45.15 | $33.23 – $123.30 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $113.73 | $53.03 – $67.99 |