Apheresis platelets at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$2,427.52
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.
$6,669.00
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.
$122.27 with Brown Toland vs $7,645.00 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 | $122.27 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $343.91 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $343.91 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $343.91 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $343.91 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $343.91 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $343.91 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $423.01 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $423.01 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $464.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $464.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $641.12 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $641.12 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $641.12 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $641.12 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $641.12 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $641.12 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $641.12 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $641.12 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $641.12 | ↓ -74% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $641.12 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $641.12 | ↓ -74% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $705.23 | ↓ -71% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,006.71 | ↓ -17% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $2,867.67 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,170.00 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,250.00 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $4,296.00 | ↑ +77% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,534.92 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,135.13 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,324.00 | ↑ +119% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,468.58 | ↑ +125% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,565.00 | ↑ +129% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,595.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,204.00 | ↑ +197% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,645.00 | ↑ +215% |
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Apheresis platelets at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $860.88 | $626.41 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $934.08 | $482.31 – $5,171.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,040.97 | $321.12 – $1,311.24 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $1,396.12 | $343.91 – $5,004.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,244.90 | $567.42 – $4,776.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $11,498.90 | $567.42 – $4,751.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $7,658.88 | $482.31 – $4,188.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $7,622.88 | $482.31 – $4,971.00 |