Salivary glnd img serial img at Redwood City Medical Center

1100 Veterans Blvd, Redwood City, CA · Kaiserpermanente · · NPI 1386714814

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$1,377.60

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.

$2,460.00

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.

$537.00 with [kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] vs $1,680.00 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.

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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
[kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] [medicaid] $537.00 ↓ -61%
[kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] [medicare] $564.00 ↓ -59%
[kaiser foundation health plan, inc.] [commercial] $1,680.00 ↑ +22%

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Salivary glnd img serial img at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,377.60 $537.00 – $537.00
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $1,377.60 $537.00 – $537.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $1,377.60 $537.00 – $537.00
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $1,377.60 $537.00 – $537.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,810.19 $100.65 – $1,254.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $364.70 $100.65 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $360.77 $100.65 – $1,976.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $280.77 $100.65 – $531.00

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