IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
155 Glasson Way, Grass Valley, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1659361392
$468.70
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.
$860.00
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.
$71.83 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.
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 |
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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $71.83 | ↓ -85% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $71.83 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $85.76 | ↓ -82% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $179.42 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $179.42 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $276.87 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $276.87 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $276.87 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $276.87 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $276.87 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $276.87 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $276.87 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $276.87 | ↓ -41% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $276.87 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $507.45 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $507.45 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $507.45 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $523.60 | ↑ +12% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $538.56 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $575.96 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $650.76 | ↑ +39% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $650.76 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $695.64 | ↑ +48% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $704.00 | ↑ +50% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $710.60 | ↑ +52% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $733.04 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $733.04 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $748.00 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $774.00 | ↑ +65% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $774.00 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,309.00 | ↑ +393% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,025.00 | ↑ +545% |
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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $646.49 | $88.35 – $1,951.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $414.78 | $42.14 – $601.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,505.52 | $286.64 – $292.49 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $493.92 | $71.83 – $1,006.46 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $692.64 | $71.83 – $611.52 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $452.37 | $71.83 – $837.90 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $658.53 | $71.83 – $1,412.86 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $651.43 | $71.83 – $1,412.86 |