Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$1,428.34
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.
$3,924.00
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.
$244.80 with BCBS - Anthem vs $14,570.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $301.10 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $301.10 | ↓ -79% |
| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $322.16 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $474.64 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $474.64 | ↓ -67% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $1,687.32 | ↑ +18% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,528.94 | ↑ +77% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,528.94 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,528.94 | ↑ +77% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,528.94 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,528.94 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $2,528.94 | ↑ +77% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,528.94 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,528.94 | ↑ +77% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,528.94 | ↑ +77% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $2,528.94 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $2,528.94 | ↑ +77% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,668.32 | ↑ +87% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $2,781.83 | ↑ +95% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,021.48 | ↑ +112% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,217.68 | ↑ +125% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,324.00 | ↑ +273% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5,581.00 | ↑ +291% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $5,749.00 | ↑ +302% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,448.00 | ↑ +421% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,915.58 | ↑ +454% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,596.00 | ↑ +502% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8,856.00 | ↑ +520% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $10,265.00 | ↑ +619% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,570.00 | ↑ +920% |
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Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,171.22 | $301.10 – $4,012.38 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,554.30 | $2,398.61 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $856.00 | $244.80 – $2,000.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,402.60 | $244.80 – $1,586.62 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $784.00 | $244.80 – $2,000.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,290.71 | $244.80 – $2,783.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,276.80 | $244.80 – $2,748.41 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,790.65 | $2,527.21 – $9,858.00 |