Bx vag mucos smpl (sep proc) at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
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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.
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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.
$47.09 with Kaiser 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.09 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.09 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.09 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.09 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.09 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.09 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $57.92 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $57.92 | — |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.41 | — |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.41 | — |
| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $122.33 | — |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,276.94 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,276.94 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $1,276.94 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,276.94 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,276.94 | — |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $1,276.94 | — |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $1,276.94 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,276.94 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,276.94 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,276.94 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,276.94 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,288.00 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $1,327.00 | — |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $1,404.63 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,719.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,729.00 | — |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,996.82 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,138.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,595.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,645.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,404.00 | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Bx vag mucos smpl (sep proc) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $123.88 | $47.09 – $182.28 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $286.42 | $47.09 – $772.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $119.34 | $721.00 – $3,982.87 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $149.87 | $47.09 – $320.10 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $743.99 | $42.38 – $1,232.49 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $1,499.52 | $1,006.93 – $2,001.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $1,476.00 | $1,006.93 – $2,216.00 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $2,377.55 | $352.70 – $5,977.00 |