Fetal lung maturity assess lam body dnst 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

$29.85

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.

$82.00

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.

$5.22 with Kaiser vs $82.00 with Aetna — 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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $5.22 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $5.22 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $5.22 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $5.22 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $5.22 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $5.22 ↓ -83%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $6.42 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $6.42 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $6.42 ↓ -78%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $6.42 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $18.04 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $18.86 ↓ -37%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $19.32 ↓ -35%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $19.32 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $19.32 ↓ -35%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $19.32 ↓ -35%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $19.32 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $19.32 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $19.32 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $19.32 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $19.32 ↓ -35%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $19.32 ↓ -35%
United Medicare|All Plans $19.32 ↓ -35%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $21.25 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $22.96 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Options PPO $23.18 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|HMO $23.18 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.18 ↓ -22%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $35.26 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $55.76 ↑ +87%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $60.47 ↑ +103%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $63.14 ↑ +112%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $63.16 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $67.24 ↑ +125%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $67.27 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $82.00 ↑ +175%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +175%

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Fetal lung maturity assess lam body dnst at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $18.93 – $38.64
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $19.32 – $48.69
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $19.32 – $55.21
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $19.32 – $75.80
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $55.34 – $55.34
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $18.93 – $41.42
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo not published $5.51 – $38.64
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $19.32 – $50.48

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