Biliary endoscopy thru skin at Redwood City Medical Center
1100 Veterans Blvd, Redwood City, CA · Kaiserpermanente · · NPI 1386714814
$10,236.80
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.
$18,280.00
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.
$7,540.00 with [kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] vs $23,612.00 with [kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] — 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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| [kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] | [medicaid] | $7,540.00 | ↓ -26% |
| [kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] | [medicare] | $7,922.00 | ↓ -23% |
| [kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] | [commercial] | $23,612.00 | ↑ +131% |
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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | not published | $277.70 – $28,641.35 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $10,236.80 | not published |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $10,236.80 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $10,236.80 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $5,215.60 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $5,215.60 | not published |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $10,236.80 | not published |
| Panorama Medical Center | PANORAMA CITY | $5,215.60 | not published |