Cta abdomen without & /or w/contrast 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

$2,958.23

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.

$8,127.00

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.

$261.07 with Health Net vs $6,664.14 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.

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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 Net Commercial|Canopy Health $261.07 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -91%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -91%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -91%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $277.18 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $277.18 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $277.18 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $277.18 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $277.18 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $277.18 ↓ -91%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $287.18 ↓ -90%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $340.93 ↓ -88%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $340.93 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $340.93 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $340.93 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Options PPO $401.74 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $401.74 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|HMO $401.74 ↓ -86%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $426.30 ↓ -86%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $817.15 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,442.00 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,872.95 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,429.00 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,444.00 ↓ -17%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $3,494.61 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,526.36 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,257.79 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $6,664.14 ↑ +125%

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Cta abdomen without & /or w/contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,495.77 $226.19 – $2,663.70
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,380.70 $35.60 – $4,058.48
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $10,965.51 $236.37 – $2,004.67
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,778.77 $226.19 – $3,420.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8,650.68 $277.18 – $2,793.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,552.72 $226.19 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $937.15 $226.19 – $2,020.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $927.05 $226.19 – $1,995.54

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