Dexamethasone in ns IV syringe 0.1 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr 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

$24.39

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.

$67.00

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.

$0.15 with Brown Toland vs $21.32 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
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $0.15 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|HMO $0.18 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Options PPO $0.18 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $0.18 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.26 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $0.26 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $0.26 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $0.47 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $0.53 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $0.55 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3.70 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $4.55 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $4.55 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $4.55 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $4.55 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $4.55 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $4.55 ↓ -81%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $5.60 ↓ -77%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $5.60 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6.27 ↓ -74%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $6.50 ↓ -73%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $11.18 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $15.60 ↓ -36%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $17.68 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $20.02 ↓ -18%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $21.32 ↓ -13%

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Dexamethasone in ns IV syringe 0.1 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $0.18 – $20.10
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $0.19 – $1.73
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.80 $0.18 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.17 $0.18 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $19.67 $0.14 – $4.55
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11.01 $0.15 – $1.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $0.19 – $1.87
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $0.19 – $2.23

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