Mycobacteria dna dir probe 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

$117.72

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.

$216.00

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.

$20.05 with Humana vs $216.00 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.

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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
Humana Commercial|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|HMO $24.06 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $24.06 ↓ -80%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $25.58 ↓ -78%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $25.58 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $37.09 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $57.81 ↓ -51%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $57.81 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $131.62 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $131.62 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $131.62 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $144.72 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $166.32 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $168.48 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $179.28 ↑ +52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $185.76 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $187.92 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $187.92 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $200.88 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $205.20 ↑ +74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $211.68 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $211.68 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $213.84 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $216.00 ↑ +83%

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Mycobacteria dna dir probe at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.80 $20.05 – $83.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $39.20 $20.05 – $98.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $61.65 $17.83 – $186.75
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $49.05 $17.83 – $180.00
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $87.53 $17.83 – $184.50
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $61.65 $17.83 – $225.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $64.80 $17.83 – $186.75
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $19.65 – $158.39

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