Biliary endoscopy thru skin at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
not published by hospital
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
not published by hospital
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$277.70 with Kaiser vs $28,641.35 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 →
?
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 | $277.70 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.70 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.70 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.70 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.70 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.70 | — |
| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $295.62 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $341.57 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $341.57 | — |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $538.43 | — |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $538.43 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $6,083.00 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,378.00 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $6,570.00 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,512.00 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $9,150.59 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $9,150.59 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9,150.59 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9,150.59 | — |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $9,150.59 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $9,150.59 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $9,150.59 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $9,150.59 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | 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 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,047.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $11,896.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $18,725.00 | — |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $28,641.35 | — |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,514.99 | $0.80 – $5,153.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $8,573.76 | $7,077.45 – $10,791.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $4,477.92 | $6,405.00 – $11,403.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $6,221.28 | $7,077.45 – $12,633.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $341.57 – $8,890.24 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $2,937.00 – $15,313.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $277.70 – $7,928.23 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $277.70 – $277.70 |