Cholesterol body fluid at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$7.28
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.
$19.98
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.
$2.59 with Blue Shield CA vs $18,346.00 with Chinese Community — 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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $2.59 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2.71 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.29 | ↓ -55% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $5.06 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5.88 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5.88 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.88 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.88 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.88 | ↓ -19% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7.99 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $8.58 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $9.05 | ↑ +24% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $9.64 | ↑ +32% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $123.13 | ↑ +1591% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $18,346.00 | ↑ +251905% |
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Cholesterol body fluid at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $8.76 | $2.39 – $93.85 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $34.43 | $0.41 – $0.97 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $36.36 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $63.03 | $5.88 – $91.13 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $21.32 | $3.04 – $11.52 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $57.73 | $3.18 – $107.13 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $62.70 | $5.88 – $101.64 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $62.03 | $5.88 – $101.64 |