External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$49.21
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.
$135.18
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.
$23.10 with Blue Shield CA vs $122.87 with Cigna — 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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $23.10 | ↓ -53% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -51% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -51% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -51% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $24.15 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $29.37 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $29.37 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $29.38 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $29.38 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29.40 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $29.60 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $29.60 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29.60 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -27% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $35.91 | ↓ -27% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -27% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -27% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -27% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $39.50 | ↓ -20% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $45.15 | ↓ -8% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $71.40 | ↑ +45% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $80.85 | ↑ +64% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $86.10 | ↑ +75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $94.50 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $102.95 | ↑ +109% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $105.00 | ↑ +113% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $112.40 | ↑ +128% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $122.87 | ↑ +150% |
Visitor-reported prices
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External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $76.44 | $4.90 – $116.40 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $47.19 | $23.88 – $108.05 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $73.43 | $23.88 – $108.05 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $43.22 | $23.88 – $108.05 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $14.40 | $31.62 – $68.82 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $81.69 | $16.65 – $102.90 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $13.57 | $1.79 – $68.82 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $92.45 | $20.00 – $119.40 |