Antibody screen rbc 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

$91.73

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$252.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$3.73 with Kaiser vs $158.26 with Sutter Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $3.73 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $3.73 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $3.73 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $3.73 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $3.73 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $3.73 ↓ -96%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $4.59 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $4.59 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $4.59 ↓ -95%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $4.59 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $11.13 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11.63 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.72 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|HMO $11.72 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11.72 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $14.16 ↓ -85%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $21.75 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $34.01 ↓ -63%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $34.39 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $38.94 ↓ -58%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $41.46 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $45.51 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $50.56 ↓ -45%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $50.56 ↓ -45%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $50.56 ↓ -45%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $50.56 ↓ -45%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $50.56 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $50.56 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $50.56 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $50.56 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $50.56 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $50.56 ↓ -45%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $50.56 ↓ -45%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $55.62 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $78.36 ↓ -15%
United Medicare|All Plans $78.36 ↓ -15%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $158.26 ↑ +73%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Antibody screen rbc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $106.88 $5.65 – $78.16
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $78.89 $1.95 – $104.76
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $120.36 $19.54 – $88.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $154.94 $3.73 – $33.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $111.89 $3.73 – $79.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $141.91 $3.73 – $33.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $182.17 $3.65 – $67.89
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $180.20 $3.65 – $67.89

All California hospitals for this procedure →