Concentration infection agents any type at Sequoia Hospital

170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$59.26

Cash price

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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.

$162.80

Gross charge

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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.

$1.91 with Blue Shield CA vs $23.25 with Cigna — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $1.91 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.00 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2.44 ↓ -96%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $3.74 ↓ -94%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5.91 ↓ -90%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -89%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $6.68 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -89%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -89%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $6.68 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6.69 ↓ -89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $7.12 ↓ -88%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $7.35 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7.82 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8.02 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|HMO $8.02 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.02 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $8.33 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $8.33 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $8.33 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $8.33 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $8.33 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $8.33 ↓ -86%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $8.68 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $8.68 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8.68 ↓ -85%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $8.68 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $10.25 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $10.25 ↓ -83%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $20.91 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $23.25 ↓ -61%

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Concentration infection agents any type at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $249.23 $2.35 – $17.72
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $43.52 $1.34 – $20.37
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $297.84 $6.55 – $54.52
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $19.26 $4.34 – $17.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $11.13 $6.68 – $14.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $17.64 $2.35 – $20.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $60.40 $4.00 – $19.19
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $59.75 $4.00 – $19.19

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