Electrophysiology evaluation at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$1,460.01
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.
$4,011.00
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.
$236.57 with Brown Toland vs $26,402.00 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.
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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| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $236.57 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $299.09 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $299.09 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $299.09 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $299.09 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $299.09 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $299.09 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $367.88 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $367.88 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $406.59 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $406.59 | ↓ -72% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $1,724.73 | ↑ +18% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,727.48 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,088.47 | ↑ +112% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,289.02 | ↑ +125% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,770.34 | ↑ +158% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,596.00 | ↑ +489% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,570.00 | ↑ +898% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,277.00 | ↑ +1220% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $19,277.00 | ↑ +1220% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $26,402.00 | ↑ +1708% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Electrophysiology evaluation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,718.80 | $1,287.00 – $5,446.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $2,821.00 | $1,311.00 – $5,149.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $3,132.00 | $1,394.00 – $11,456.00 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $2,783.20 | $1,528.00 – $3,757.00 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance | Torrance | $1,155.70 | $1,321.00 – $3,816.00 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $825.65 | $1,487.00 – $5,559.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $1,687.00 – $1,687.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $2,747.00 – $6,200.00 |