Bone marrow;aspiration only 38220 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.

$210.62 with Partnership Health Plan vs $10,404.00 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.

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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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $210.62
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $210.62
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $210.62
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $210.62
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $210.62
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $210.62
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $213.36
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $259.06
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $259.06
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $284.70
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $284.70
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,288.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $1,327.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,719.00
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,376.08
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,376.08
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,376.08
United Medicare|All Plans $2,376.08
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,376.08
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $2,376.08
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,376.08
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,376.08
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,376.08
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $2,376.08
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $2,376.08
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $2,613.69
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,729.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,138.00
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $7,437.13
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $8,856.00
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10,265.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,404.00
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Connected Care Commercial|Intel not published by hospital

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Bone marrow;aspiration only 38220 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $920.68 $259.06 – $3,763.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,014.10 $593.00 – $2,695.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,582.42 $158.33 – $599.76
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,550.63 $210.62 – $3,666.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,523.13 $210.62 – $3,620.57
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,782.05 $1,727.00 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,357.22 $1,802.00 – $9,858.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,842.63 $721.00 – $3,982.87

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