Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt 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

$177.13

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.

$325.00

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.

$59.71 with United vs $325.00 with Aetna — 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
United Commercial|HMO $59.71 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $59.71 ↓ -66%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $70.21 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $70.21 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $70.21 ↓ -60%
United Medicare|All Plans $70.21 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $70.21 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $70.21 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $70.21 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $70.21 ↓ -60%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $70.21 ↓ -60%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $74.56 ↓ -58%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $74.56 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $102.15 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $117.90 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $122.43 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $135.44 ↓ -24%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $138.33 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $138.33 ↓ -22%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $151.05 ↓ -15%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $155.82 ↓ -12%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $155.82 ↓ -12%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $168.51 ↓ -5%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $168.51 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $169.38 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $217.75 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $325.00 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $325.00 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $325.00 ↑ +83%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $67.46 $41.58 – $236.88
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $27.96 $10.69 – $85.77
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $172.38 $70.23 – $98.94
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $259.80 $59.71 – $230.03
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $73.01 $19.92 – $75.46
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $237.95 $38.20 – $270.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $58.99 $37.00 – $256.55
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $58.36 $37.00 – $256.55

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