Liberta rc ipg 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

$49,246.20

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.

$90,360.00

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.

$15,429.75 with BCBS - Anthem vs $60,484.62 with MultiPlan — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $15,429.75 ↓ -69%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $17,281.32 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $17,281.32 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $30,242.31 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|HMO $41,968.92 ↓ -15%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $47,523.63 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $51,226.77 ↑ +4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $51,843.96 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $52,461.15 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $53,695.53 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $53,695.53 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $56,164.29 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $56,164.29 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $56,164.29 ↑ +14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $57,398.67 ↑ +17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $57,398.67 ↑ +17%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $58,633.05 ↑ +19%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $60,484.62 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $60,484.62 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $60,484.62 ↑ +23%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $60,484.62 ↑ +23%

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Liberta rc ipg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $40,659.98 $1,533.12 – $4,982.64
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $53,175.63 $2,002.85 – $4,738.45
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $69,293.60 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $43,704.80 $1,469.70 – $6,262.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $40,028.69 $1,214.10 – $6,262.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $56,024.71 $1,775.00 – $6,390.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $55,420.67 $1,775.00 – $6,887.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $47,037.05 not published

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