Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium 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

$6,805.35

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.

$18,696.00

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.

$229.45 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6,597.00 with Health Net — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $229.45 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $229.45 ↓ -97%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $229.45 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $229.45 ↓ -97%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $229.45 ↓ -97%
United Medicare|All Plans $229.45 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $229.45 ↓ -97%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $229.45 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $229.45 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $229.45 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $229.45 ↓ -97%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $252.40 ↓ -96%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $718.18 ↓ -89%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $2,679.76 ↓ -61%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $3,116.00 ↓ -54%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $3,116.00 ↓ -54%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,237.76 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,798.64 ↓ -29%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $5,110.24 ↓ -25%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,691.00 ↓ -16%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,597.00 ↓ -3%

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Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5,432.08 $167.40 – $483.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,904.22 $198.80 – $899.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,575.83 $198.80 – $899.64
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $13,539.74 $54.81 – $198.80
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,460.86 $182.70 – $2,747.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,131.00 $165.49 – $2,699.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6,606.77 $40.53 – $193.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,608.47 $179.04 – $1,716.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →