Dipyridamole injection at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$9.47
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.
$26.00
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.
$3.37 with Brown Toland vs $26.00 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 | $3.37 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.75 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $4.75 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4.75 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.72 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.72 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6.39 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6.39 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6.39 | ↓ -33% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6.50 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8.60 | ↓ -9% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $9.97 | ↑ +5% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $11.18 | ↑ +18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $15.60 | ↑ +65% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $17.68 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $20.02 | ↑ +111% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $21.32 | ↑ +125% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.62 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $22.63 | ↑ +139% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $26.00 | ↑ +175% |
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Dipyridamole injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $19.67 | $2.52 – $17.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $12.65 | $4.51 – $14.76 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $71.58 | $9.12 – $37.24 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $26.78 | $4.75 – $20.05 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $11.70 | $0.86 – $23.66 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $27.25 | $4.09 – $20.58 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $33.31 | $4.04 – $85.83 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $22.79 | $2.95 – $53.00 |