Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$61.99
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.
$170.28
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.
$23.05 with Kaiser vs $170.28 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.05 | ↓ -63% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.05 | ↓ -63% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.05 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.05 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.05 | ↓ -63% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.05 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.35 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.35 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.35 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.35 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $35.09 | ↓ -43% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -43% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $37.47 | ↓ -40% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $38.60 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $39.17 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $42.11 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $42.11 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $42.11 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.68 | ↓ -23% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $73.23 | ↑ +18% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $109.83 | ↑ +77% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $115.80 | ↑ +87% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $122.17 | ↑ +97% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $131.12 | ↑ +112% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $139.63 | ↑ +125% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $152.53 | ↑ +146% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $153.26 | ↑ +147% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $170.28 | ↑ +175% |
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Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $124.40 | $21.63 – $93.11 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $224.91 | $34.39 – $336.72 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $140.39 | $23.05 – $107.80 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $72.13 | $23.05 – $119.56 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $63.18 | $23.05 – $100.84 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $62.50 | $23.05 – $100.84 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $204.51 | $35.09 – $425.53 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $178.50 | $35.09 – $804.29 |