Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated 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

$98.65

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.

$181.00

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.

$2.70 with Humana vs $177.38 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
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -97%
United Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -97%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $3.24 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3.24 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $3.44 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $3.44 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4.25 ↓ -96%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $7.77 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $7.77 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.70 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17.70 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17.70 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $28.17 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $32.36 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $40.47 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $121.27 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $139.37 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $141.18 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $150.23 ↑ +52%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $157.47 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $157.47 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $168.33 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $171.95 ↑ +74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $177.38 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $177.38 ↑ +80%

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Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $5.36 $0.54 – $8.73
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $85.17 $2.65 – $21.32
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $150.66 $2.70 – $6.98
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $115.22 $2.70 – $169.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $137.99 $1.89 – $8.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $103.14 $2.70 – $131.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $102.03 $2.70 – $129.56
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $207.57 $2.70 – $26.95

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