Cryofibrinogen qualitative - sendout 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

$3.00

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.

$8.23

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.

$1.82 with Blue Shield CA vs $49.22 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 $1.82 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1.90 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2.31 ↓ -23%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $3.54 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5.60 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6.34 ↑ +111%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $6.75 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7.41 ↑ +147%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $8.23 ↑ +174%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $8.23 ↑ +174%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.23 ↑ +174%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $8.23 ↑ +174%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $8.23 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8.23 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8.23 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $8.23 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $8.23 ↑ +174%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $8.23 ↑ +174%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.23 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $8.23 ↑ +174%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.23 ↑ +174%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.23 ↑ +174%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.23 ↑ +174%
United Commercial|HMO $8.23 ↑ +174%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8.23 ↑ +174%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $8.23 ↑ +174%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $8.23 ↑ +174%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $8.23 ↑ +174%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $8.23 ↑ +174%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $8.23 ↑ +174%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $8.23 ↑ +174%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $8.23 ↑ +174%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $9.06 ↑ +202%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $10.13 ↑ +238%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $10.13 ↑ +238%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $25.76 ↑ +759%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $49.22 ↑ +1541%

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Cryofibrinogen qualitative - sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3.53 $4.12 – $36.43
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5.49 $4.46 – $8.23
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3.23 $2.23 – $42.83
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $6.41 $4.28 – $8.23
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $3.71 $3.79 – $126.60
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $5.10 $6.26 – $9.34
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $4.00 $1.98 – $67.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $2.56 $1.03 – $31.31

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