Ferritin 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

$400.04

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.

$1,099.00

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.

$6.78 with Blue Shield CA vs $47.45 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.

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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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6.78 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7.09 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8.63 ↓ -98%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $13.25 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13.63 ↓ -97%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.63 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $13.63 ↓ -97%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $13.63 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $13.63 ↓ -97%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $13.63 ↓ -97%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $13.63 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $13.63 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $13.63 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13.63 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.63 ↓ -97%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $14.99 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16.36 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $16.36 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.36 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $17.31 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $17.31 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $17.31 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $17.31 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $17.31 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $17.31 ↓ -96%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $20.95 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $21.29 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $21.29 ↓ -95%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $21.30 ↓ -95%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $21.30 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $23.72 ↓ -94%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $25.26 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $27.72 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $30.80 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $30.80 ↓ -92%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $42.66 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $47.45 ↓ -88%

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Ferritin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $99.87 $2.43 – $36.17
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $25.67 $2.73 – $39.77
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $329.46 $13.36 – $111.23
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $129.26 $4.50 – $35.12
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $107.23 $13.63 – $30.19
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $118.39 $2.43 – $41.29
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $106.11 $4.50 – $39.17
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $104.97 $4.50 – $39.17

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