Dextrose 5 % and 0.9 % sodium chloride intravenous solution at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$29.12
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.
$80.00
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.
$1.22 with Brown Toland vs $54.00 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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| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $1.22 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1.25 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1.25 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1.25 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $1.25 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1.25 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1.25 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $1.54 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $1.54 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1.95 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.95 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1.95 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3.55 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $3.55 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.55 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6.43 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $7.37 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7.45 | ↓ -74% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $13.50 | ↓ -54% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $23.22 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $32.40 | ↑ +11% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $36.72 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $41.58 | ↑ +43% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $44.28 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $46.40 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $54.00 | ↑ +85% |
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Dextrose 5 % and 0.9 % sodium chloride intravenous solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $57.38 | $1.42 – $19.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $65.33 | $2.51 – $21.65 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $42.80 | $1.75 – $29.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $21.17 | $1.25 – $29.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $20.04 | $1.25 – $43.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $19.82 | $1.56 – $42.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $65.33 | $2.51 – $23.43 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $65.33 | $2.69 – $27.95 |