Device ablt adv novasure at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
155 Glasson Way, Grass Valley, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1659361392
$4,101.67
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.
$7,526.00
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.
$1,881.50 with BCBS - Anthem vs $7,375.48 with MultiPlan — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,881.50 | ↓ -54% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,107.28 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,107.28 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,687.74 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,117.68 | ↑ +25% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,795.02 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,246.58 | ↑ +52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,321.84 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,397.10 | ↑ +56% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,547.62 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $6,547.62 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,848.66 | ↑ +67% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,848.66 | ↑ +67% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,848.66 | ↑ +67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,999.18 | ↑ +71% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $6,999.18 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,149.70 | ↑ +74% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,375.48 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,375.48 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,375.48 | ↑ +80% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,375.48 | ↑ +80% |
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Device ablt adv novasure at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $7,999.20 | $1,533.12 – $4,982.64 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $11,844.95 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,734.92 | $1,130.22 – $4,815.72 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,504.88 | $933.66 – $4,815.72 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $9,788.84 | $1,365.00 – $4,914.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $7,448.27 | $1,365.00 – $5,296.20 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $9,394.20 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,322.49 | not published |