11-desoxycortisol - sendout at Sequoia Hospital

170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$10.18

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.

$27.94

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.

$6.15 with Blue Shield CA vs $101.92 with Cigna — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6.15 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6.43 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7.83 ↓ -23%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $12.02 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $19.00 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $21.52 ↑ +111%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $22.92 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $25.15 ↑ +147%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $27.94 ↑ +174%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $27.94 ↑ +174%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $27.94 ↑ +174%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $27.94 ↑ +174%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $27.94 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $27.94 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $27.94 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $27.94 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $27.94 ↑ +174%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $27.94 ↑ +174%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $27.94 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $27.94 ↑ +174%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $27.94 ↑ +174%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $27.94 ↑ +174%
United Medicare|All Plans $27.94 ↑ +174%
United Commercial|HMO $27.94 ↑ +174%
United Commercial|Options PPO $27.94 ↑ +174%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $27.94 ↑ +174%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $27.94 ↑ +174%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $27.94 ↑ +174%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $27.94 ↑ +174%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $27.94 ↑ +174%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $27.94 ↑ +174%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $27.94 ↑ +174%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $30.74 ↑ +202%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $34.37 ↑ +238%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $34.37 ↑ +238%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $87.46 ↑ +759%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $101.92 ↑ +901%

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11-desoxycortisol - sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $21.91 $5.86 – $42.93
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $29.42 $13.24 – $75.43
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $26.95 $7.15 – $88.68
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.37 $13.97 – $84.13
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $10.26 $13.97 – $84.13
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $15.96 $2.80 – $22.36
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $8.22 $5.87 – $27.94
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $118.42 $14.53 – $27.94

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