Administration immunization 1 vaccine 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

$65.16

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.

$179.00

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.

$4.46 with Kaiser vs $326.68 with Sutter Health — 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 Medicaid|> 21 $4.46 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $4.46 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $4.46 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $4.46 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $4.46 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $4.46 ↓ -93%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $5.49 ↓ -92%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $5.49 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $5.49 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $5.49 ↓ -92%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $20.92 ↓ -68%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $76.97 ↑ +18%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $104.37 ↑ +60%
United Medicare|All Plans $104.37 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $104.37 ↑ +60%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $104.37 ↑ +60%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $104.37 ↑ +60%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $104.37 ↑ +60%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $104.37 ↑ +60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $104.37 ↑ +60%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $104.37 ↑ +60%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $104.37 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $104.37 ↑ +60%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $114.81 ↑ +76%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $121.72 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $137.83 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $146.78 ↑ +125%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $326.68 ↑ +401%

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Administration immunization 1 vaccine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $81.91 $6.75 – $169.34
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $47.04 $14.23 – $101.85
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $105.57 $97.03 – $99.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $98.87 $4.46 – $226.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $135.87 $6.99 – $26.46
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $90.56 $4.46 – $226.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $83.48 $4.46 – $180.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $82.58 $5.89 – $177.75

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