Cortisol total am 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

$352.72

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.

$969.00

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.

$16.30 with Humana vs $359.00 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.

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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
Humana Commercial|All Plans $16.30 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.30 ↓ -95%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $16.30 ↓ -95%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $16.30 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.30 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16.30 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.30 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $16.30 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.30 ↓ -95%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.30 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $16.30 ↓ -95%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $17.93 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19.56 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Options PPO $19.56 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|HMO $19.56 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $20.78 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $20.78 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $20.78 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $20.78 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $20.78 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $20.78 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $25.56 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $25.56 ↓ -93%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $25.56 ↓ -93%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $25.56 ↓ -93%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $51.02 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $56.77 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $70.87 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $78.98 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $82.57 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $100.52 ↓ -72%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $154.37 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $218.40 ↓ -38%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $244.12 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $276.43 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $294.38 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $359.00 ↑ +2%

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Cortisol total am at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $124.83 $2.15 – $43.27
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $170.90 $3.26 – $23.91
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $303.96 $15.97 – $133.22
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $140.39 $3.98 – $42.02
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $110.56 $4.31 – $7.95
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $128.58 $2.15 – $49.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $250.43 $3.98 – $46.86
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $247.73 $3.98 – $46.86

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