Gentamicin peak therapeutic drug level 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

$406.59

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.

$1,117.00

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.

$16.38 with Humana vs $374.74 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
Humana Commercial|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -96%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -96%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $16.38 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -96%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -96%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $18.02 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19.66 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Options PPO $19.66 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $19.66 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $20.88 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $20.88 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $20.88 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $20.88 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $20.88 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $20.88 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $25.68 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $25.68 ↓ -94%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $25.69 ↓ -94%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $25.69 ↓ -94%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $51.27 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $57.04 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $71.24 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $100.54 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $105.11 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $127.96 ↓ -69%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $196.51 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $198.67 ↓ -51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $310.76 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $336.70 ↓ -17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $351.89 ↓ -13%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $374.74 ↓ -8%

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Gentamicin peak therapeutic drug level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $217.69 $16.38 – $387.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $31.30 $3.28 – $31.04
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $141.78 $16.05 – $121.18
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $217.86 $16.38 – $49.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $121.22 $16.38 – $178.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $199.53 $13.50 – $49.63
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $192.18 $16.38 – $108.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $190.11 $16.38 – $106.65

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