Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
155 Glasson Way, Grass Valley, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1659361392
$1,964.73
Cash price 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.
$3,605.00
Gross charge 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.
$105.95 with Partnership Health Plan vs $12,737.00 with Health Net — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $105.95 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $105.95 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $126.49 | ↓ -94% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $263.15 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $263.15 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $812.46 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $812.46 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $812.46 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $812.46 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $812.46 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $812.46 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $812.46 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $812.46 | ↓ -59% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $812.46 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,521.57 | ↓ -23% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,748.67 | ↓ -11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,975.77 | ↑ +1% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,975.77 | ↑ +1% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,157.45 | ↑ +10% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,225.58 | ↑ +13% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,225.58 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,271.00 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,271.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,775.00 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,285.00 | ↑ +67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $3,546.00 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,776.00 | ↑ +92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,303.00 | ↑ +119% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,720.00 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,838.00 | ↑ +197% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,838.00 | ↑ +197% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,838.00 | ↑ +197% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $12,737.00 | ↑ +548% |
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Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $734.53 | $130.32 – $1,452.04 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,090.98 | $152.34 – $1,351.21 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,134.86 | $845.36 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,178.52 | $105.95 – $2,878.26 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,367.30 | $68.82 – $260.68 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,918.84 | $105.95 – $1,774.78 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,548.19 | $105.95 – $1,569.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,531.50 | $105.95 – $1,549.98 |