Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus 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

$100.83

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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.

$185.00

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.

$6.99 with Partnership Health Plan vs $65.59 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 $6.99 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $6.99 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $15.80 ↓ -84%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $15.80 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $15.80 ↓ -84%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -84%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19.28 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|HMO $19.28 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $43.95 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $50.51 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $51.17 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $54.44 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $56.41 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $57.07 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $57.07 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $60.98 ↓ -40%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $60.98 ↓ -40%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $60.98 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $61.00 ↓ -40%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $62.32 ↓ -38%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $64.28 ↓ -36%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $64.28 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $64.94 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $65.59 ↓ -35%

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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $63.08 $4.46 – $42.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $13.95 $3.21 – $24.25
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $284.58 $15.75 – $73.37
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.53 $6.99 – $41.42
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $31.36 $6.99 – $16.17
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6.73 $4.46 – $48.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $26.72 $6.84 – $46.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $24.08 $6.84 – $46.20

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