Uric acid blood 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

$71.40

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.

$131.00

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.

$4.52 with Humana vs $111.72 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 $4.52 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|HMO $5.42 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.42 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $5.75 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $5.75 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.29 ↓ -90%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $13.00 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $13.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.67 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $29.67 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $29.67 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $48.79 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $56.04 ↓ -22%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $70.09 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $76.38 ↑ +7%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $87.78 ↑ +23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $88.92 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $94.62 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $99.18 ↑ +39%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $99.18 ↑ +39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $106.02 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $108.30 ↑ +52%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $111.72 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $111.72 ↑ +56%

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Uric acid blood at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $120.89 $4.52 – $14.11
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.76 $0.90 – $13.58
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $166.26 $4.43 – $36.93
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $182.76 $4.52 – $12.74
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $67.94 $4.52 – $83.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $167.39 $3.51 – $13.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $140.98 $4.52 – $60.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $139.46 $4.52 – $60.04

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