Culture fungi definitive id mold 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

$38.79

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.

$106.55

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.

$7.70 with Blue Shield CA vs $35.94 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 $7.70 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.05 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $9.18 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $9.18 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $9.18 ↓ -76%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $9.18 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $9.18 ↓ -76%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $9.18 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9.80 ↓ -75%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -73%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $10.32 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -73%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -73%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -73%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $11.29 ↓ -71%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $11.29 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $11.29 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $11.29 ↓ -71%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $11.35 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|HMO $12.38 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12.38 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.38 ↓ -68%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $15.05 ↓ -61%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $23.80 ↓ -39%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $26.95 ↓ -31%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $28.70 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $31.50 ↓ -19%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $32.30 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $35.00 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $35.94 ↓ -7%

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Culture fungi definitive id mold at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $77.53 $3.09 – $27.39
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $49.10 $2.06 – $85.36
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $159.12 $10.11 – $84.25
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $40.24 $8.25 – $30.35
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $36.85 $8.25 – $31.27
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $12.99 $7.08 – $29.66
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12.85 $7.08 – $29.66
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $199.92 $10.32 – $106.47

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