Epoetin alfa-epbx 40,000 unit/ml injection solution 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

$1,541.91

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.

$4,236.00

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.

$8.55 with Brown Toland vs $173.84 with Multiplan — 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 $8.55 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.10 ↓ -99%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $11.10 ↓ -99%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $11.10 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.10 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11.10 ↓ -99%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.10 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11.10 ↓ -99%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $11.10 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $11.10 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $11.10 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.10 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $11.53 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $11.53 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $11.53 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $11.53 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $11.53 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $11.53 ↓ -99%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $12.21 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12.33 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.33 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|HMO $12.33 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $13.24 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $13.24 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $13.24 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $14.18 ↓ -99%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $14.18 ↓ -99%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $14.18 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $14.18 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $23.96 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $27.81 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $31.48 ↓ -98%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $34.74 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $41.66 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $53.40 ↓ -97%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $91.16 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $127.20 ↓ -92%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $144.16 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $163.24 ↓ -89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $173.84 ↓ -89%

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Epoetin alfa-epbx 40,000 unit/ml injection solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $174.33 $5.81 – $19.83
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,140.44 $7.73 – $15.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,266.26 $9.61 – $259.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,439.82 $55.93 – $211.87
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,075.64 $9.61 – $259.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $195.52 $7.02 – $42.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $773.64 $9.61 – $83.74
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,140.44 $7.88 – $15.90

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