Duplex scan unilateral study 93986 at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$104.11
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.
$286.00
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.
$122.98 with Connected Care vs $24,323.00 with United — 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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| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $122.98 | ↑ +18% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +37% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +37% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +37% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.98 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $155.95 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $155.95 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $155.95 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $155.95 | ↑ +50% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $155.95 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $155.95 | ↑ +50% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $155.95 | ↑ +50% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $155.95 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $155.95 | ↑ +50% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $155.95 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $155.95 | ↑ +50% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $171.54 | ↑ +65% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.87 | ↑ +69% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.87 | ↑ +69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.87 | ↑ +69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.87 | ↑ +69% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $194.48 | ↑ +87% |
| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $203.24 | ↑ +95% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $220.22 | ↑ +112% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $234.52 | ↑ +125% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $257.40 | ↑ +147% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $286.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $488.12 | ↑ +369% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $691.57 | ↑ +564% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,691.00 | ↑ +5366% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,597.00 | ↑ +6237% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $18,445.00 | ↑ +17617% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,445.00 | ↑ +17617% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $24,323.00 | ↑ +23263% |
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Duplex scan unilateral study 93986 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $122.64 | $75.60 – $527.07 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $121.13 | $83.43 – $601.70 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $84.96 | $114.50 – $570.84 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $84.05 | $114.50 – $570.84 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $83.79 | $29.82 – $142.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $228.74 | $70.56 – $294.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $151.41 | $135.12 – $294.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $250.65 | $142.98 – $1,778.76 |