Therapy nutrition individual initial f2f w/patient each 15 minutes 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

$18.53

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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.

$34.00

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.

$22.78 with United vs $26,911.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $22.78 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $26.18 ↑ +41%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.58 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $29.58 ↑ +60%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $30.35 ↑ +64%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $30.35 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $32.30 ↑ +74%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $33.32 ↑ +80%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $33.32 ↑ +80%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $34.00 ↑ +83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $34.00 ↑ +83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $34.00 ↑ +83%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $34.00 ↑ +83%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $34.00 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $34.00 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $34.00 ↑ +83%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $34.00 ↑ +83%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $34.00 ↑ +83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $34.00 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $37.36 ↑ +102%
United Medicare|All Plans $37.36 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|HMO $18,227.00 ↑ +98265%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26,911.00 ↑ +145129%

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Therapy nutrition individual initial f2f w/patient each 15 minutes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $78.76 $30.35 – $166.60
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $123.21 $9.32 – $35.28
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $69.73 $30.35 – $150.10
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $186.15 $28.40 – $28.40
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $80.64 $24.25 – $52.78
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $27.23 $8.40 – $35.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $99.45 $30.35 – $187.85
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $42.23 $30.35 – $139.28

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