Anaplsma phgcytophlm amp prb 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

$14.56

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.

$40.00

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.

$8.80 with Blue Shield CA 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $8.80 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.20 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11.20 ↓ -23%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $17.20 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $27.20 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $30.80 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $32.80 ↑ +125%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $18,346.00 ↑ +125903%

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Anaplsma phgcytophlm amp prb at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $17.52 $10.80 – $31.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $17.12 $12.50 – $24.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $15.68 $6.75 – $24.50
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $14.84 $20.00 – $32.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $14.68 $20.00 – $39.60
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $22.84 $4.00 – $32.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $11.76 $8.40 – $33.60
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $31.12 $6.00 – $24.50

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