Crotalidae poly immune fab 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

$2,366.00

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.

$6,500.00

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.

$1,430.00 with Health Plan San Mateo vs $6,500.00 with Aetna — 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
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $1,430.00 ↓ -40%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $1,430.00 ↓ -40%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,625.00 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $1,755.81 ↓ -26%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $1,755.81 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $1,755.81 ↓ -26%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $1,755.81 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $1,755.81 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $1,755.81 ↓ -26%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,729.35 ↑ +15%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,729.35 ↑ +15%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,729.35 ↑ +15%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,729.35 ↑ +15%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,729.35 ↑ +15%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $2,729.35 ↑ +15%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,729.35 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,729.35 ↑ +15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,729.35 ↑ +15%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $2,729.35 ↑ +15%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $2,795.00 ↑ +18%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $2,908.21 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,936.41 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|HMO $2,936.41 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,936.41 ↑ +24%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $3,002.28 ↑ +27%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $3,650.18 ↑ +54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,837.60 ↑ +62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3,837.60 ↑ +62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,837.60 ↑ +62%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $3,900.00 ↑ +65%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,420.00 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,005.00 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $5,330.00 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,655.00 ↑ +139%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,500.00 ↑ +175%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,500.00 ↑ +175%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,500.00 ↑ +175%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $6,500.00 ↑ +175%

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Crotalidae poly immune fab at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,698.04 $2,279.61 – $6,585.54
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,595.83 $1,804.20 – $3,774.99
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $16,050.00 $2,364.76 – $36,750.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $14,700.00 $1,755.81 – $36,750.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,605.56 $1,715.60 – $4,289.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,882.23 $1,841.02 – $3,774.99
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,882.23 $1,841.02 – $3,774.99
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $3,595.83 $1,841.02 – $6,896.66

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