Fl exam g/colon tube w contrast 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

$1,330.35

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.

$2,441.00

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.

$141.10 with Partnership Health Plan vs $10,920.00 with Health Net — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $141.10 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $141.10 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $193.31 ↓ -85%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -76%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -76%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $318.89 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $318.89 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,114.21 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,280.51 ↓ -4%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,446.81 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,446.81 ↑ +9%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,579.85 ↑ +19%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,629.74 ↑ +23%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,629.74 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|HMO $1,663.00 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,663.00 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,775.00 ↑ +109%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,285.00 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,546.00 ↑ +167%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,776.00 ↑ +184%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,303.00 ↑ +223%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,720.00 ↑ +255%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,838.00 ↑ +339%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,838.00 ↑ +339%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,838.00 ↑ +339%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10,920.00 ↑ +721%

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Fl exam g/colon tube w contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $191.41 $117.99 – $586.14
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $573.75 $321.54 – $1,921.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $319.72 $141.10 – $496.86
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $718.62 $121.85 – $461.58
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $339.08 $104.49 – $379.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $241.15 $141.10 – $520.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $238.55 $141.10 – $513.50
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $512.55 $338.78 – $6,200.00

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