3-d radiotherapy plan at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$4,722.54
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.
$12,974.00
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.
$608.67 with Brown Toland vs $12,974.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $608.67 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $616.43 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $616.43 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $616.43 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $616.43 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $616.43 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $616.43 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $758.21 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $758.21 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $758.21 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $758.21 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,850.35 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,006.55 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $2,006.55 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,006.55 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,006.55 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $2,006.55 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,006.55 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,006.55 | ↓ -58% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,006.55 | ↓ -58% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,006.55 | ↓ -58% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $2,006.55 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,006.55 | ↓ -58% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $2,207.20 | ↓ -53% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $5,578.82 | ↑ +18% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,280.50 | ↑ +33% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $7,600.00 | ↑ +61% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,600.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,822.32 | ↑ +87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,341.75 | ↑ +98% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $9,989.98 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,000.00 | ↑ +112% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,638.68 | ↑ +125% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12,974.00 | ↑ +175% |
Visitor-reported prices
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3-d radiotherapy plan at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,617.35 | $932.60 – $11,157.75 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,005.85 | $616.43 – $11,311.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,796.55 | $1,965.27 – $7,200.92 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,208.23 | $1,780.22 – $8,165.89 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,029.49 | $616.43 – $5,850.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,715.35 | $1,925.97 – $6,126.26 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $6,300.00 | $1,513.19 – $3,293.41 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $7,255.84 | $616.43 – $13,243.66 |