Electrd sq emblem s-icd 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

$10,179.63

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.

$27,966.00

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.

$27.50 with Brown Toland vs $5,785.00 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.

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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
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $27.50 ↓ -100%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $1,272.70 ↓ -87%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $1,272.70 ↓ -87%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,446.25 ↓ -86%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $2,487.55 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,892.50 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|HMO $2,892.50 ↓ -72%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,471.00 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,586.70 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,586.70 ↓ -65%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,933.80 ↓ -61%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,049.50 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,454.45 ↓ -56%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,743.70 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $5,032.95 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $5,264.35 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,264.35 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5,264.35 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,785.00 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,785.00 ↓ -43%

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Electrd sq emblem s-icd at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $7,999.20 $3,371.28 – $10,956.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7,029.06 $2,849.50 – $6,741.50
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $16,379.04 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $10,163.72 $4,201.18 – $17,900.68
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $9,308.83 $3,470.54 – $17,900.68
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7,529.45 $5,073.75 – $18,265.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7,448.27 $3,001.25 – $11,644.85
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $16,379.04 not published

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