88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site 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

$16.38

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.

$44.99

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.

$19.35 with Connected Care vs $18,346.00 with Chinese Community — 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
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $19.35 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|HMO $23.03 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.03 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|Options PPO $23.03 ↑ +41%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $30.60 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $34.65 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $36.90 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $40.50 ↑ +147%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $44.99 ↑ +175%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $44.99 ↑ +175%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $44.99 ↑ +175%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $44.99 ↑ +175%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $44.99 ↑ +175%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $44.99 ↑ +175%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $44.99 ↑ +175%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $44.99 ↑ +175%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $44.99 ↑ +175%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $44.99 ↑ +175%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $55.34 ↑ +238%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $55.34 ↑ +238%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $67.49 ↑ +312%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $69.33 ↑ +323%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $18,346.00 ↑ +111902%

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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $92.82 $36.08 – $117.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $9.07 $10.59 – $49.95
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $16.65 $5.31 – $20.51
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $8.30 $5.72 – $58.72
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $66.78 $13.72 – $55.70
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $66.06 $13.72 – $55.70
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $98.43 $36.08 – $164.73
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $142.29 $36.08 – $117.43

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