Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes 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

$69.22

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.

$127.00

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.

$11.82 with United vs $17.64 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.

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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
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11.82 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $13.59 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $13.76 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $14.65 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15.18 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $15.35 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $15.35 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $16.41 ↓ -76%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $16.76 ↓ -76%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $17.29 ↓ -75%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $17.29 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $17.47 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $17.64 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -75%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $17.64 ↓ -75%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $17.64 ↓ -75%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -75%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -75%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.64 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17.64 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17.64 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.64 ↓ -75%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|HMO $17.64 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -75%

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Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $17.52 $10.80 – $58.25
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $35.06 $4.39 – $38.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $28.92 $21.52 – $152.12
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $107.86 $8.82 – $56.57
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $83.25 $9.55 – $17.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $98.79 $4.77 – $66.50
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.76 $8.82 – $63.09
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $10.65 $8.82 – $63.09

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