Pet image skull-thigh at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
155 Glasson Way, Grass Valley, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1659361392
$3,957.79
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.
$7,262.00
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.
$1,916.73 with Hill Physicians vs $7,262.00 with Aetna — 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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $1,916.73 | ↓ -52% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,916.73 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,916.73 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,916.73 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,916.73 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,916.73 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,916.73 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,916.73 | ↓ -52% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,916.73 | ↓ -52% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,027.01 | ↓ -49% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,027.01 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,776.99 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,330.77 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,330.77 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,581.04 | ↑ +16% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,581.04 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,865.54 | ↑ +23% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,591.74 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,245.32 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $6,317.94 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,317.94 | ↑ +60% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,898.90 | ↑ +74% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,116.76 | ↑ +80% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,116.76 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,189.38 | ↑ +82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,262.00 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,262.00 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,262.00 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,262.00 | ↑ +83% |
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Pet image skull-thigh at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,504.10 | $2,030.33 – $6,688.23 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,021.92 | $1,563.28 – $3,402.43 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $3,784.97 | $1,167.60 – $4,865.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $2,386.00 | $1,527.04 – $2,386.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $3,145.44 | $1,563.28 – $3,402.43 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $6,637.14 | $1,853.28 – $12,829.18 |
| St. Elizabeth Community Hospital | Red Bluff | $2,636.76 | $1,853.28 – $4,515.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $1,927.01 – $5,292.36 |