Fondaparinux sodium 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

$416.42

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.

$1,144.00

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.

$1.11 with United vs $437.88 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
United Commercial|Options PPO $1.11 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.11 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $1.11 ↓ -100%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $1.71 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $5.07 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $5.76 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5.76 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.76 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $10.43 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $12.09 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $20.71 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $35.12 ↓ -92%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $117.48 ↓ -72%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $117.48 ↓ -72%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $133.50 ↓ -68%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $229.62 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $320.40 ↓ -23%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $363.12 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $411.18 ↓ -1%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $437.88 ↑ +5%

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Fondaparinux sodium at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $178.71 $1.11 – $156.78
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $1.71 – $9.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $612.04 $1.11 – $654.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $560.56 $1.11 – $1,330.84
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $221.86 $1.11 – $93.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $97.63 $1.11 – $92.43
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $412.72 $1.71 – $10.46
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $412.72 $1.44 – $12.47

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