Mopath procedure level 1 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

$124.81

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.

$229.00

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.

$63.96 with Hill Physicians vs $229.00 with Aetna — 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $63.96 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $63.96 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $63.96 ↓ -49%
United Medicare|All Plans $63.96 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $63.96 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $63.96 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $63.96 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $63.96 ↓ -49%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $63.96 ↓ -49%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $63.96 ↓ -49%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $63.96 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $76.75 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|HMO $76.75 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $87.63 ↓ -30%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $144.55 ↑ +16%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $144.55 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $153.43 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $176.33 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $196.94 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $199.23 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $199.23 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $217.55 ↑ +74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $224.42 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $224.42 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $226.71 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $229.00 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $229.00 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $229.00 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $229.00 ↑ +83%

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Mopath procedure level 1 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $19.07 $12.79 – $105.53
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $178.50 $62.68 – $247.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $140.82 $20.31 – $164.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $128.97 $10.97 – $193.72
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $178.50 $63.96 – $312.53
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $178.50 $63.96 – $590.69
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $178.50 $592.07 – $592.07
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $178.50 $62.68 – $265.89

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