Amifostine at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$2,366.00
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.
$6,500.00
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.
$981.11 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6,500.00 with Aetna — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $981.11 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,075.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,075.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,075.87 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,075.87 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,075.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,075.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $1,135.70 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $1,276.76 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,285.69 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $1,285.69 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,285.69 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,323.32 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,323.32 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,343.28 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,343.28 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,343.28 | ↓ -43% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,625.00 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,664.28 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $2,327.10 | ↓ -2% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $2,699.95 | ↑ +14% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $2,795.00 | ↑ +18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,900.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,420.00 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,005.00 | ↑ +112% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,330.00 | ↑ +125% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $6,500.00 | ↑ +175% |
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Amifostine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,874.76 | $554.00 – $554.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,874.76 | $554.00 – $554.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $1,740.85 | $493.00 – $493.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $1,740.85 | $493.00 – $493.00 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $1,874.76 | $554.00 – $554.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $1,874.76 | $554.00 – $554.00 |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $1,874.76 | $554.00 – $554.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,837.57 | $681.42 – $1,799.20 |