Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
155 Glasson Way, Grass Valley, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1659361392
$2,137.49
Cash price 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.
$3,922.00
Gross charge 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.
$254.46 with BCBS - Anthem vs $14,855.00 with Health Net — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $254.46 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -51% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -51% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -51% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,162.50 | ↓ -46% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,162.50 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,557.75 | ↓ -27% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,790.25 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,022.75 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,022.75 | ↓ -5% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,208.75 | ↑ +3% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,278.50 | ↑ +7% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,278.50 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,325.00 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,325.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,775.00 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $3,546.00 | ↑ +66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,303.00 | ↑ +101% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,601.00 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,288.00 | ↑ +147% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,838.00 | ↑ +173% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,838.00 | ↑ +173% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,838.00 | ↑ +173% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,610.00 | ↑ +209% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $14,855.00 | ↑ +595% |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $962.29 | $593.19 – $1,859.28 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $626.92 | $158.01 – $1,164.97 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,790.33 | $1,003.85 – $4,099.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,577.02 | $696.33 – $2,527.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $857.39 | $623.97 – $1,848.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $848.14 | $245.18 – $1,825.69 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,758.08 | $1,113.06 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,836.95 | $1,008.25 – $8,018.00 |