Oth resp proc, indiv 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

$55.59

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.

$102.00

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.

$32.18 with Humana vs $26,911.00 with United — 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 $32.18 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -42%
United Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -42%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -42%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $61.68 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $61.68 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $61.68 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $68.34 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $78.54 ↑ +41%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $88.74 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $88.74 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $96.90 ↑ +74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $99.96 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $99.96 ↑ +80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $417.00 ↑ +650%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $534.00 ↑ +861%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $648.00 ↑ +1066%
United Commercial|HMO $18,227.00 ↑ +32688%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26,911.00 ↑ +48310%

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Oth resp proc, indiv at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $35.92 $22.14 – $1,834.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $118.55 $31.12 – $284.24
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $72.92 $29.54 – $684.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $95.04 $31.62 – $68.82
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $53.69 $16.56 – $67.62
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $160.68 $30.21 – $745.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $77.40 $33.65 – $670.00
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $57.52 $13.14 – $19,277.00

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