Radiotherapy dose plan imrt 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

$2,566.41

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.

$4,709.00

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.

$410.00 with United vs $4,709.00 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.

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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
United Commercial|HMO $410.00 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $422.00 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $1,237.18 ↓ -52%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $1,237.18 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,694.94 ↓ -34%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $1,798.03 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,798.03 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,798.03 ↓ -30%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,798.03 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,798.03 ↓ -30%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,798.03 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,798.03 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,798.03 ↓ -30%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,798.03 ↓ -30%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2,796.03 ↑ +9%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,796.03 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,155.03 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,625.93 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,049.74 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,096.83 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4,096.83 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,473.55 ↑ +74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,614.82 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,614.82 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,661.91 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,709.00 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,709.00 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,709.00 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,709.00 ↑ +83%

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Radiotherapy dose plan imrt at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $8,214.26 $1,000.00 – $16,315.98
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,459.29 $1,091.50 – $11,311.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $855.74 $589.41 – $9,050.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,750.25 $1,965.27 – $7,857.73
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $8,373.18 $1,780.22 – $8,910.71
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,805.25 $1,237.18 – $10,613.26
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $7,475.07 $1,925.97 – $6,685.04
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $5,299.68 $1,513.19 – $3,293.41

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