Ghs sedimentation rate 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

$202.39

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.

$556.00

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.

$3.40 with Kaiser vs $200.90 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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $3.40 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $3.40 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $3.40 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $3.40 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $3.40 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $3.40 ↓ -98%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $4.18 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $4.18 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $4.18 ↓ -98%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $4.18 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -98%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -98%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $4.27 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -98%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -98%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -98%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $4.70 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.12 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.12 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $5.12 ↓ -97%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $13.37 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $14.89 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $15.44 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $47.48 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $53.90 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $56.35 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $68.60 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $80.47 ↓ -60%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $105.35 ↓ -48%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $166.60 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $188.65 ↓ -7%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $200.90 ↓ -1%

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Ghs sedimentation rate at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $82.35 $0.70 – $11.35
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7.75 $0.85 – $12.61
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $87.72 $4.18 – $28.96
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $126.54 $3.40 – $186.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $77.17 $3.33 – $71.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $76.34 $3.33 – $70.31
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $149.43 $4.27 – $36.60
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $99.96 $4.27 – $41.51

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