Endovenous rf abl vein addl 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

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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.

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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.

$375.79 with Brown Toland vs $11,966.00 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
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $375.79
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $437.82
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $437.82
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $437.82
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $437.82
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $437.82
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $437.82
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $538.52
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $538.52
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $591.93
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $591.93
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,729.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,138.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,966.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $9,236.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,404.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11,966.00
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Connected Care Commercial|Intel not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Endovenous rf abl vein addl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,933.75 $437.82 – $9,007.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,602.88 $437.82 – $9,007.18
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,659.92 $437.82 – $4,758.83
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,441.29 $437.82 – $5,293.53
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,758.31 $0.80 – $2,457.84
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $3,228.54 $437.82 – $6,206.31
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $937.08 $125.31 – $2,729.87
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $745.56 $125.31 – $2,631.20

All California hospitals for this procedure →