Red blood cells leukocytes reduced 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

$155.33

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.

$285.00

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.

$185.15 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 $185.15 ↑ +19%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $185.15 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $190.95 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $193.80 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $219.45 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $222.30 ↑ +43%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $239.17 ↑ +54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $239.17 ↑ +54%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $239.17 ↑ +54%
United Medicare|All Plans $239.17 ↑ +54%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $239.17 ↑ +54%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $239.17 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $239.17 ↑ +54%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $239.17 ↑ +54%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $239.17 ↑ +54%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $247.95 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $247.95 ↑ +60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $253.66 ↑ +63%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $270.75 ↑ +74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $276.45 ↑ +78%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $279.30 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $279.30 ↑ +80%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $285.00 ↑ +83%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $285.00 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|HMO $18,227.00 ↑ +11634%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26,911.00 ↑ +17225%

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $318.87 $196.56 – $567.84
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $353.43 $36.40 – $305.50
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $187.17 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $490.49 $185.15 – $748.72
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $170.50 $66.23 – $250.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $449.24 $185.15 – $748.72
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $934.92 $185.15 – $1,884.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $924.84 $185.15 – $1,860.45

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