Bra surgical elizabeth pink sm 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

$113.94

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.

$313.00

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.

$27.50 with Brown Toland vs $141.00 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
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $27.50 ↓ -76%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $31.02 ↓ -73%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $31.02 ↓ -73%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $35.25 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $44.05 ↓ -61%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $44.05 ↓ -61%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $44.05 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $44.05 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $44.05 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $44.05 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $54.18 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $54.18 ↓ -52%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $60.63 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $70.50 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|HMO $70.50 ↓ -38%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $84.60 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $87.42 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Options PPO $87.42 ↓ -23%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $95.88 ↓ -16%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $98.70 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $108.57 ↓ -5%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $115.62 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $122.67 ↑ +8%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $128.31 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $128.31 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $128.31 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $141.00 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $141.00 ↑ +24%

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Bra surgical elizabeth pink sm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $116.51 $21.60 – $75.77
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $260.10 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $86.89 $34.00 – $66.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $79.58 $12.92 – $66.64
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $50.09 $25.00 – $90.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $49.55 $33.75 – $130.95
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $260.10 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $246.33 not published

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