Fetal contract stress test 59020 - 26 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

$540.54

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.

$1,485.00

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.

$72.68 with Partnership Health Plan 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.

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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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $72.68 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $72.68 ↓ -87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $72.68 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $72.68 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $72.68 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $72.68 ↓ -87%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $84.56 ↓ -84%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $89.40 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $89.40 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $89.40 ↓ -83%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $89.40 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $295.02 ↓ -45%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $295.02 ↓ -45%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $295.02 ↓ -45%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $295.02 ↓ -45%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $295.02 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $295.02 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $295.02 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $295.02 ↓ -45%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $295.02 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $295.02 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $295.02 ↓ -45%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $324.52 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $630.70 ↑ +17%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $638.55 ↑ +18%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $923.41 ↑ +71%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,009.80 ↑ +87%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,054.35 ↑ +95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,068.90 ↑ +98%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,143.45 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,217.70 ↑ +125%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,288.00 ↑ +138%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $1,327.00 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,719.00 ↑ +218%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,691.00 ↑ +953%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,597.00 ↑ +1120%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19,277.00 ↑ +3466%
United Commercial|Options PPO $19,277.00 ↑ +3466%
United Commercial|HMO $26,402.00 ↑ +4784%

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Fetal contract stress test 59020 - 26 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $369.24 $109.96 – $691.26
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $756.28 $40.23 – $708.10
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $398.20 $72.68 – $857.15
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $400.86 $287.05 – $2,747.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $218.79 $219.93 – $721.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $234.62 $72.68 – $654.36
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $424.32 $221.02 – $1,597.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $695.54 $98.84 – $876.12

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