Electrophysiology evaluation 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

$11,155.51

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.

$30,647.00

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.

$802.51 with Kaiser vs $48,731.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 $802.51 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $802.51 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $802.51 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $802.51 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $802.51 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $802.51 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $987.09 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $987.09 ↓ -91%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $1,564.87 ↓ -86%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $1,564.87 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11,127.95 ↓ -0%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11,127.95 ↓ -0%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $11,127.95 ↓ -0%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $11,127.95 ↓ -0%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11,127.95 ↓ -0%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $11,127.95 ↓ -0%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11,127.95 ↓ -0%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11,127.95 ↓ -0%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $11,127.95 ↓ -0%
United Medicare|All Plans $11,127.95 ↓ -0%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $11,127.95 ↓ -0%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $11,838.00 ↑ +6%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $12,240.75 ↑ +10%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $13,178.21 ↑ +18%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $13,780.00 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $15,966.00 ↑ +43%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $15,975.00 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Options PPO $19,277.00 ↑ +73%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19,277.00 ↑ +73%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $20,839.96 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $23,598.19 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $25,130.54 ↑ +125%
United Commercial|HMO $26,402.00 ↑ +137%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $27,062.00 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $28,808.18 ↑ +158%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $34,830.48 ↑ +212%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $36,531.00 ↑ +227%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $37,619.00 ↑ +237%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $48,731.00 ↑ +337%

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Electrophysiology evaluation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $10,427.91 $987.09 – $23,808.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $11,309.90 $802.51 – $26,425.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $10,057.16 $802.51 – $25,142.88
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6,508.75 $802.51 – $17,202.95
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $11,852.91 $9,256.00 – $35,965.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $7,107.45 $802.51 – $19,823.50
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $21,239.46 $9,773.00 – $15,575.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $7,883.04 $8,526.92 – $18,558.59

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