Apheresis plasma at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$2,180.36
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.
$5,990.00
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.
$859.22 with Brown Toland vs $8,859.00 with Health Net — 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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| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $859.22 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,121.46 | ↓ -49% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,121.46 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,121.46 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,121.46 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,121.46 | ↓ -49% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,121.46 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,379.40 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,379.40 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,515.90 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,515.90 | ↓ -30% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,404.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,404.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,404.00 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,404.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,404.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $2,404.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,404.00 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,404.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,404.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $2,404.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $2,404.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $2,575.70 | ↑ +18% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $2,644.40 | ↑ +21% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,073.20 | ↑ +87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,170.00 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,250.00 | ↑ +95% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $4,296.00 | ↑ +97% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,612.30 | ↑ +112% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,911.80 | ↑ +125% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,324.00 | ↑ +144% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,565.00 | ↑ +155% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,990.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,524.52 | ↑ +245% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7,643.00 | ↑ +251% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8,859.00 | ↑ +306% |
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Apheresis plasma at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,230.31 | $1,121.46 – $5,106.78 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,511.95 | $1,041.39 – $3,779.86 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $949.39 | $1,121.46 – $2,559.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $986.13 | $1,121.46 – $2,559.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $12,260.91 | $2,211.33 – $7,455.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,487.49 | $2,003.11 – $8,018.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,334.36 | $877.59 – $3,510.36 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,901.90 | $2,167.10 – $4,737.00 |