Radiation treatment aid(s) 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

$477.42

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.

$876.00

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.

$49.26 with Partnership Health Plan vs $858.48 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 $49.26 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $49.26 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $105.39 ↓ -78%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $111.33 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $111.33 ↓ -77%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $174.47 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $174.47 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $174.47 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|All Plans $174.47 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $174.47 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $174.47 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $174.47 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $174.47 ↓ -63%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $174.47 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $265.10 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $265.10 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $265.10 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|HMO $410.00 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $414.40 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $422.00 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $476.05 ↓ -0%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $586.92 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $595.34 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $674.52 ↑ +41%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $762.12 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $762.12 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $832.20 ↑ +74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $858.48 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $858.48 ↑ +80%

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Radiation treatment aid(s) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $390.70 $74.53 – $776.04
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $567.96 $49.26 – $11,311.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $461.00 $49.26 – $9,050.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $914.43 $190.84 – $396.43
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $446.76 $172.87 – $449.56
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $584.48 $49.26 – $1,988.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $911.88 $187.03 – $337.27
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $530.88 $146.94 – $319.81

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