Radiation physics consult at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
155 Glasson Way, Grass Valley, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1659361392
$1,177.75
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.
$2,161.00
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.
$79.01 with Partnership Health Plan vs $2,117.78 with MultiPlan — 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.01 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.01 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $108.24 | ↓ -91% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $174.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $174.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $174.47 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $174.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $174.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $174.47 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $174.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $174.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $174.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $178.56 | ↓ -85% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $178.56 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $268.58 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $268.58 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $268.58 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $410.00 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $422.00 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $811.16 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $931.83 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,165.34 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,447.87 | ↑ +23% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,663.97 | ↑ +41% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,880.07 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,880.07 | ↑ +60% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,052.95 | ↑ +74% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,117.78 | ↑ +80% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,117.78 | ↑ +80% |
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Radiation physics consult at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $470.42 | $119.53 – $934.38 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $312.87 | $79.01 – $11,311.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,828.35 | $190.84 – $775.99 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,032.75 | $172.87 – $879.97 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $279.30 | $79.01 – $950.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,735.02 | $187.03 – $660.18 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $523.68 | $146.94 – $319.81 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $369.77 | $79.01 – $718.00 |