Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report 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

$1,925.93

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.

$5,291.00

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.

$223.39 with Kaiser 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.

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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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $223.39 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $223.39 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $223.39 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $223.39 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $223.39 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $223.39 ↓ -88%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $274.77 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $274.77 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $274.77 ↓ -86%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $274.77 ↓ -86%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $311.71 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $804.08 ↓ -58%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $804.08 ↓ -58%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $804.08 ↓ -58%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $804.08 ↓ -58%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $804.08 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $804.08 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Plans $804.08 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $804.08 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $804.08 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $804.08 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $804.08 ↓ -58%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $884.49 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,552.96 ↓ -19%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $1,784.50 ↓ -7%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,516.77 ↑ +31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,631.94 ↑ +37%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,822.00 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,195.50 ↑ +66%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,403.00 ↑ +77%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,595.00 ↑ +242%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,645.00 ↑ +297%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18,445.00 ↑ +858%
United Commercial|Options PPO $18,445.00 ↑ +858%
United Commercial|HMO $24,323.00 ↑ +1163%

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Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,841.31 $337.97 – $5,059.86
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,816.62 $736.35 – $928.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,584.46 $223.39 – $1,518.02
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $213.12 $82.79 – $313.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,480.98 $223.39 – $1,518.02
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $868.14 $223.39 – $1,852.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,524.60 $223.39 – $1,829.64
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,596.30 $775.83 – $3,331.00

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