Reptilase test 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

$5.84

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.

$10.71

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.

$7.18 with United vs $10.71 with Partnership Health Plan — 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|Non-Options PPO $7.18 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8.25 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.36 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $8.89 ↑ +52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $9.22 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9.32 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.32 ↑ +60%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +69%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +69%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +69%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +69%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9.97 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10.18 ↑ +74%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10.50 ↑ +80%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10.50 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $10.61 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10.71 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10.71 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10.71 ↑ +83%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $10.71 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|HMO $10.71 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.71 ↑ +83%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $10.71 ↑ +83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $10.71 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10.71 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $10.71 ↑ +83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $10.71 ↑ +83%

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Reptilase test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $23.84 $1.97 – $38.80
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $10.69 $9.85 – $25.37
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $9.79 $6.36 – $29.82
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $9.27 $9.85 – $28.29
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $9.17 $9.85 – $28.29
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $14.26 $2.36 – $18.84
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $7.35 $4.95 – $23.54
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $12.86 $6.83 – $22.13

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