Kidney imag w/bld flow multi 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

$3,091.79

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.

$5,673.00

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.

$261.96 with Partnership Health Plan vs $2,011.94 with Healthsmart — 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 $261.96 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $261.96 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $358.89 ↓ -88%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $592.03 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $592.03 ↓ -81%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -77%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,101.15 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|HMO $1,101.15 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,375.51 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,379.76 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,528.36 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,528.36 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,528.36 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,580.81 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,585.02 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,786.11 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,786.11 ↓ -42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,950.35 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,982.22 ↓ -36%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,011.94 ↓ -35%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,011.94 ↓ -35%

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Kidney imag w/bld flow multi at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,047.22 $396.32 – $3,645.72
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,328.58 $107.65 – $1,920.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,906.98 $261.96 – $5,747.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,696.97 $261.96 – $3,948.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,323.39 $261.96 – $2,704.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,251.76 $261.96 – $2,699.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,238.26 $261.96 – $2,665.46
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,581.22 $755.17 – $1,319.94

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