Biliary endo perq dx w/speci 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

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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.

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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.

$190.55 with Kaiser vs $28,641.35 with Sutter Health — 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
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $190.55
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $190.55
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $190.55
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $190.55
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $190.55
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $190.55
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $234.38
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $234.38
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $297.25
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $369.45
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $369.45
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $5,324.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,581.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $5,749.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7,448.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $8,596.00
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9,150.59
Humana Commercial|All Plans $9,150.59
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $9,150.59
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9,150.59
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $9,150.59
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $9,150.59
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $9,150.59
United Medicare|All Plans $9,150.59
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9,150.59
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $9,150.59
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $9,150.59
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $10,065.65
Health Net Commercial|FFS $11,896.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14,570.00
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $28,641.35
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Connected Care Commercial|Intel not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Biliary endo perq dx w/speci at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,333.23 $234.38 – $8,890.24
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,506.75 $0.80 – $5,125.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $4,702.24 $323.92 – $5,923.12
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $6,999.52 $190.55 – $11,401.28
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $4,223.31 $378.71 – $8,163.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $2,570.00 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $190.55 – $7,928.23
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $190.55 – $190.55

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