Glucose blood quantitative 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

$49.60

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.

$91.00

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.

$3.93 with Humana vs $26.60 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $4.72 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.72 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $4.73 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $4.73 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.56 ↓ -87%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $10.69 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $10.69 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $17.83 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $20.49 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $20.75 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $22.08 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $22.88 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $23.15 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.15 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24.74 ↓ -50%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $25.74 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.74 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $25.74 ↓ -48%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -47%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $26.34 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $26.60 ↓ -46%

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Glucose blood quantitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $87.60 $3.93 – $12.27
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $254.49 $3.85 – $32.09
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $108.72 $3.93 – $11.76
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $49.95 $3.93 – $9.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $99.57 $3.24 – $11.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $174.75 $3.93 – $48.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $172.86 $3.93 – $47.40
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $114.24 $3.93 – $40.56

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