CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$1,429.07
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.
$3,926.00
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.
$148.79 with Brown Toland vs $2,511.66 with Multiplan — 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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| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $148.79 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.92 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.92 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.92 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.92 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.92 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.92 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $184.40 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $184.40 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $184.41 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $184.41 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $427.35 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,199.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $1,317.09 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,032.74 | ↑ +42% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,082.84 | ↑ +46% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,358.51 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,429.00 | ↑ +70% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,511.66 | ↑ +76% |
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CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $629.41 | $226.81 – $1,437.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $593.03 | $172.46 – $1,136.84 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,287.24 | $421.94 – $731.59 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $766.55 | $149.92 – $1,756.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,798.20 | $149.92 – $904.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $675.03 | $149.92 – $1,768.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $843.29 | $149.92 – $1,818.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $834.20 | $149.92 – $2,250.27 |