Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited 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

$786.24

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.

$2,160.00

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.

$107.65 with Partnership Health Plan 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $107.65 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $107.65 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $107.65 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $107.65 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $107.65 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $107.65 ↓ -86%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $131.23 ↓ -83%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $132.41 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $132.41 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $132.41 ↓ -83%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $132.41 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -55%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -55%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -55%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $354.48 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -55%
United Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -55%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -55%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $389.93 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $927.04 ↑ +18%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $928.80 ↑ +18%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,109.52 ↑ +41%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,468.80 ↑ +87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,571.13 ↑ +100%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,663.20 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,771.20 ↑ +125%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,691.00 ↑ +624%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,597.00 ↑ +739%
United Commercial|Options PPO $18,445.00 ↑ +2246%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18,445.00 ↑ +2246%
United Commercial|HMO $24,323.00 ↑ +2994%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $382.38 $162.86 – $680.94
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $388.22 $21.73 – $123.83
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $724.20 $321.54 – $554.35
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $767.84 $107.65 – $1,758.12
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $165.17 $64.16 – $243.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $703.25 $107.65 – $1,758.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $505.31 $107.65 – $1,000.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $609.96 $107.65 – $987.50

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