Initiation & management bipap/cpap initial day 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

$1,742.37

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.

$3,197.00

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.

$72.68 with Partnership Health Plan vs $26,911.00 with United — 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 $72.68 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $72.68 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $80.17 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $164.26 ↓ -91%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $164.26 ↓ -91%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -85%
United Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $417.00 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $534.00 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $549.36 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $621.09 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $631.09 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $648.00 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $713.79 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $789.24 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $806.49 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $806.49 ↓ -54%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $880.65 ↓ -49%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $908.46 ↓ -48%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $908.46 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|HMO $18,227.00 ↑ +946%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26,911.00 ↑ +1445%

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Initiation & management bipap/cpap initial day at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,508.78 $51.47 – $4,014.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $488.88 $40.68 – $977.76
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,532.77 $295.10 – $415.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,133.63 $54.94 – $3,407.46
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,244.09 $72.68 – $3,198.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,217.93 $54.94 – $2,839.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,340.33 $72.68 – $5,353.92
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,293.54 $72.68 – $12,607.00

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