Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$45.14
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.
$124.00
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.
$5.72 with Health Plan San Mateo vs $26.00 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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| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.72 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.72 | ↓ -87% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6.50 | ↓ -86% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $11.18 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $15.60 | ↓ -65% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $17.68 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $20.02 | ↓ -56% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $21.32 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.62 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $26.00 | ↓ -42% |
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Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $29.35 | $18.09 – $52.26 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $84.15 | $0.02 – $0.09 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $66.34 | $24.30 – $52.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $30.97 | $14.58 – $52.92 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $20.04 | $10.40 – $26.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $19.82 | $6.50 – $26.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $84.15 | $0.02 – $0.09 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $84.15 | $0.02 – $0.11 |