IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion 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

$557.54

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.

$1,023.00

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.

$20.61 with Partnership Health Plan vs $3,025.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $20.61 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $20.61 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $24.61 ↓ -96%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $51.48 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $51.48 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $136.59 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $136.59 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $136.59 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $482.60 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $488.95 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $527.05 ↓ -5%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $552.45 ↓ -1%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $552.45 ↓ -1%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $590.55 ↑ +6%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $603.25 ↑ +8%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $622.30 ↑ +12%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $622.30 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $635.00 ↑ +14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $635.00 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|HMO $635.00 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $704.00 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,309.00 ↑ +314%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,025.00 ↑ +443%

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $241.34 $25.35 – $1,951.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $127.11 $29.63 – $184.30
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $63.75 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $107.86 $20.61 – $995.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $477.53 $20.61 – $702.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $98.79 $20.61 – $191.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $225.57 $20.61 – $229.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $223.14 $20.61 – $186.00

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