Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral 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

$655.64

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.

$1,203.00

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.

$284.95 with Partnership Health Plan vs $18,681.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $284.95 ↓ -57%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $284.95 ↓ -57%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $435.87 ↓ -34%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↓ -34%
United Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↓ -34%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↓ -34%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↓ -34%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↓ -34%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $435.87 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $487.98 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $806.01 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $926.31 ↑ +41%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,015.19 ↑ +55%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,015.19 ↑ +55%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,046.61 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,046.61 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,142.85 ↑ +74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,178.94 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,178.94 ↑ +80%
United Commercial|HMO $1,203.00 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,203.00 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,775.00 ↑ +323%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,546.00 ↑ +441%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4,303.00 ↑ +556%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,601.00 ↑ +602%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,288.00 ↑ +707%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,610.00 ↑ +908%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10,920.00 ↑ +1566%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $18,681.00 ↑ +2749%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $18,681.00 ↑ +2749%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $18,681.00 ↑ +2749%

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Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,272.83 $350.49 – $2,266.68
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $780.81 $445.12 – $1,921.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,214.24 $284.95 – $2,673.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $209.13 $81.24 – $307.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,112.11 $277.29 – $1,006.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $589.52 $284.95 – $1,008.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $369.94 $284.95 – $1,008.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $678.81 $468.99 – $6,200.00

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