Sperm antibody 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

$26.30

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.

$48.25

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.

$10.67 with Hill Physicians vs $48.25 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $10.67 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10.67 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10.67 ↓ -59%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.67 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $10.67 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $10.67 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $10.67 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $10.67 ↓ -59%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $10.67 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.80 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|HMO $12.80 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $32.33 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $37.16 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $37.64 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $40.05 ↑ +52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $41.50 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $41.98 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $41.98 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $44.88 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $45.84 ↑ +74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $47.29 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $47.29 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $47.77 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $48.25 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $48.25 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $48.25 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $48.25 ↑ +83%

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Sperm antibody test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $13.23 $5.31 – $40.05
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $10.52 $10.06 – $38.60
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $18.77 $5.31 – $39.57
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $13.23 $5.31 – $48.25
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $13.90 $10.06 – $40.05
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $10.46 – $87.11
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $10.67 – $110.08
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $10.67 – $124.83

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