Thyroglobulin antibody at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
155 Glasson Way, Grass Valley, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1659361392
$3.55
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.
$6.50
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.
$3.35 with United vs $5.00 with Kaiser — 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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| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3.35 | ↓ -6% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3.85 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3.90 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $4.15 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4.30 | ↑ +21% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.35 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $4.35 | ↑ +23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.65 | ↑ +31% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4.75 | ↑ +34% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4.90 | ↑ +38% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4.90 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.95 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $5.00 | ↑ +41% |
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Thyroglobulin antibody at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $78.84 | $1.35 – $42.21 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $36.40 | $14.00 – $14.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $36.40 | $14.00 – $14.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $48.88 | $12.00 – $12.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $7.01 | $2.05 – $18.38 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $36.40 | $14.00 – $14.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $36.40 | $14.00 – $14.00 |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $36.40 | $14.00 – $14.00 |