Fluoroestradiol f 18 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

$842.66

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.

$2,315.00

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.

$104.11 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,898.30 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $104.11 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $176.60 ↓ -79%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $578.75 ↓ -31%
United Medicare|All Plans $731.30 ↓ -13%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $731.30 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $731.30 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $731.30 ↓ -13%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $731.30 ↓ -13%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $731.30 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $731.30 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $731.30 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $731.30 ↓ -13%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $731.30 ↓ -13%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $731.30 ↓ -13%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $804.43 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|Options PPO $822.81 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $822.81 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|HMO $822.81 ↓ -2%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $995.45 ↑ +18%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $1,157.50 ↑ +37%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $1,157.50 ↑ +37%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,574.20 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,782.55 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,898.30 ↑ +125%

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Fluoroestradiol f 18 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $48.57 – $1,072.14
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $52.58 – $1,072.14
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $62.72 – $1,072.14
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $123.85 – $460.42
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $62.87 – $62.87
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $52.22 – $1,072.14
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo not published $64.29 – $1,072.14
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $135.39 – $1,561.25

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