Decalcification 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

$104.64

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.

$192.00

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.

$10.46 with United vs $128.64 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.

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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 $10.46 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.46 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $11.33 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $11.33 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $15.52 ↓ -85%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $25.61 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $25.61 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $27.08 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $31.11 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $33.33 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $33.33 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $33.33 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $38.90 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $88.55 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $100.05 ↓ -4%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.05 ↓ -4%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $109.25 ↑ +4%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $112.70 ↑ +8%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $112.70 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $128.64 ↑ +23%

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Decalcification at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $56.07 $10.46 – $99.84
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $3.80 $3.69 – $13.04
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $51.51 $18.04 – $35.43
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $6.66 $2.25 – $8.67
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $20.78 $3.50 – $24.85
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $20.56 $3.50 – $24.85
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $81.60 $18.04 – $49.56
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $212.67 $18.04 – $29.38

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