Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$1,352.99
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.
$3,717.00
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.
$213.61 with Kaiser vs $14,570.00 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 | $213.61 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $213.61 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $213.61 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $213.61 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $213.61 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $213.61 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $262.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $262.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $414.17 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $414.17 | ↓ -69% |
| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $599.41 | ↓ -56% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $1,598.31 | ↑ +18% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,527.56 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,862.09 | ↑ +112% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,047.94 | ↑ +125% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $3,717.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,717.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $3,717.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,717.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $3,717.00 | ↑ +175% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,717.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $3,717.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,717.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $3,717.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $4,088.70 | ↑ +202% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,324.00 | ↑ +293% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $5,406.91 | ↑ +300% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $5,406.91 | ↑ +300% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5,581.00 | ↑ +312% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $5,749.00 | ↑ +325% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,448.00 | ↑ +450% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,596.00 | ↑ +535% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,634.21 | ↑ +760% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $11,896.00 | ↑ +779% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,570.00 | ↑ +977% |
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Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,447.07 | $213.61 – $3,381.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $396.32 | $213.61 – $1,011.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,300.58 | $213.61 – $4,960.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,275.77 | $213.61 – $4,898.79 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $3,439.14 | $602.30 – $4,924.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,747.54 | $213.61 – $5,231.04 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $3,222.48 | $363.13 – $4,059.16 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $3,411.36 | $213.61 – $6,557.76 |