Bacterial vaginosis pcr at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$177.74
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.
$488.29
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.
$38.80 with Kaiser vs $307.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $38.80 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $38.80 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $38.80 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $38.80 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $38.80 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $38.80 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.72 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.72 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.72 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.72 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $67.54 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $70.20 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -61% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $70.61 | ↓ -60% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $77.22 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $84.24 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $84.24 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $84.24 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $85.96 | ↓ -52% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $132.01 | ↓ -26% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $208.76 | ↑ +17% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $219.73 | ↑ +24% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $236.39 | ↑ +33% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $244.39 | ↑ +37% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $251.74 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $276.30 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $305.10 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $307.00 | ↑ +73% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Bacterial vaginosis pcr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $61.50 | $37.91 – $186.26 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $737.68 | $14.04 – $64.02 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $151.98 | $68.80 – $286.33 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $179.34 | $21.07 – $180.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $164.25 | $11.38 – $212.64 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $151.98 | $70.20 – $361.84 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $151.98 | $70.20 – $410.33 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $151.98 | $411.29 – $411.29 |