Parathyroid planar imaging 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

$2,348.95

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.

$4,310.00

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.

$137.86 with Partnership Health Plan vs $1,528.80 with Healthsmart — 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 $137.86 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $137.86 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $188.87 ↓ -92%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $311.56 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $311.56 ↓ -87%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -78%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $558.66 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $641.76 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $643.04 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $643.04 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $643.04 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $802.59 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,045.20 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,201.20 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,357.20 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,357.20 ↓ -42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,482.00 ↓ -37%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,528.80 ↓ -35%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,528.80 ↓ -35%

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Parathyroid planar imaging at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,328.90 $208.57 – $2,366.52
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $724.68 $80.37 – $1,047.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,961.46 $422.89 – $589.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,454.78 $137.86 – $2,897.86
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,111.89 $137.86 – $1,464.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,159.15 $137.86 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $548.34 $137.86 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $542.43 $137.86 – $1,976.45

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