Ghs protein, misc fluid at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
155 Glasson Way, Grass Valley, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1659361392
$8.13
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.
$14.90
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.
$3.57 with United vs $5.32 with Kaiser — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3.57 | ↓ -56% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4.10 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4.15 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $4.42 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4.58 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.63 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $4.63 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.95 | ↓ -39% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5.06 | ↓ -38% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5.22 | ↓ -36% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5.22 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.27 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $5.32 | ↓ -35% |
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Ghs protein, misc fluid at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6.38 | $5.61 – $14.61 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $4.09 | $0.59 – $12.44 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $3.25 | $1.87 – $12.44 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $5.80 | $0.59 – $12.44 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $4.09 | $0.59 – $5.32 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $4.30 | $1.87 – $12.44 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $5.50 – $42.21 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $5.61 – $53.34 |