Administration immunization intranasal/oral route each additional 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

$70.62

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.

$194.00

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.

$15.54 with Brown Toland vs $159.08 with Multiplan — 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
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $15.54 ↓ -78%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $83.42 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $131.92 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $149.38 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $159.08 ↑ +125%

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Administration immunization intranasal/oral route each additional vaccine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $19.98 $7.77 – $29.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $70.49 $95.00 – $152.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $69.73 $95.00 – $188.10
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $13.77 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $15.81 not published
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $12.35 $8.82 – $35.28
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $27.30 $31.80 – $52.47
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $73.10 $38.50 – $154.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →