Rbc irradiated each unit 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

$391.31

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.

$718.00

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.

$195.18 with Partnership Health Plan vs $26,911.00 with United — 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 $195.18 ↓ -50%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $195.18 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $196.09 ↓ -50%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $196.09 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $196.09 ↓ -50%
United Medicare|All Plans $196.09 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $196.09 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $196.09 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $196.09 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $196.09 ↓ -50%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $196.09 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $267.40 ↓ -32%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $441.11 ↑ +13%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $441.11 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $481.06 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $488.24 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $552.86 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $560.04 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $624.66 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $624.66 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $682.10 ↑ +74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $696.46 ↑ +78%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $703.64 ↑ +80%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $703.64 ↑ +80%
United Commercial|HMO $18,227.00 ↑ +4558%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26,911.00 ↑ +6777%

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Rbc irradiated each unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $978.70 $189.60 – $1,996.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $968.15 $189.60 – $1,971.84
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $571.54 $179.95 – $1,503.88
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,296.26 $189.60 – $2,377.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $480.60 $195.18 – $907.80
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $160.15 $109.00 – $4,018.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $1,019.10 $175.66 – $2,370.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $271.25 not published

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