Nm imaging bone/joint whole body 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

$2,013.23

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.

$3,694.00

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.

$202.29 with Partnership Health Plan vs $1,227.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $202.29 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $202.29 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $277.14 ↓ -86%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $457.18 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $457.18 ↓ -77%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -74%
United Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -74%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $822.09 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $944.79 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,055.22 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,067.49 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,067.49 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,083.93 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,083.93 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,083.93 ↓ -46%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,165.65 ↓ -42%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,202.46 ↓ -40%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,202.46 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,214.73 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,227.00 ↓ -39%

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Nm imaging bone/joint whole body at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,824.71 $306.05 – $3,249.48
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,984.82 $80.37 – $2,869.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,350.30 $538.74 – $973.73
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,214.90 $202.29 – $4,411.96
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,908.09 $202.29 – $3,091.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,785.17 $202.29 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $731.99 $202.29 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $724.10 $202.29 – $1,976.45

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