Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$14.93
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.
$41.00
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.
$17.63 with Connected Care vs $41.00 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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| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $17.63 | ↑ +18% |
| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $25.10 | ↑ +68% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $27.88 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $31.57 | ↑ +111% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $33.62 | ↑ +125% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.90 | ↑ +147% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $41.00 | ↑ +175% |
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Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $58.70 | $11.39 – $104.52 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $64.20 | $75.00 – $147.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $58.80 | $40.50 – $147.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $20.04 | $26.50 – $42.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $19.82 | $26.50 – $52.47 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $54.57 | $135.15 – $135.15 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $13.82 | $9.87 – $39.48 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $43.68 | $179.99 – $179.99 |