Glucagon 1 mg solution for injection 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

$599.88

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.

$1,648.00

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.

$114.62 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,351.36 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 $114.62 ↓ -81%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $193.99 ↓ -68%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $194.42 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $194.43 ↓ -68%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $195.22 ↓ -67%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $195.22 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $195.22 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $195.22 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $195.22 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $195.22 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $205.92 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $205.92 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $205.92 ↓ -66%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $240.12 ↓ -60%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $240.12 ↓ -60%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $287.13 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $287.13 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $287.13 ↓ -52%
United Medicare|All Plans $287.13 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $287.13 ↓ -52%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $287.13 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $287.13 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $287.13 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $287.13 ↓ -52%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $287.13 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $303.90 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Options PPO $303.90 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|HMO $303.90 ↓ -49%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $315.84 ↓ -47%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $372.72 ↓ -38%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $412.00 ↓ -31%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $432.43 ↓ -28%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $708.64 ↑ +18%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $988.80 ↑ +65%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,120.64 ↑ +87%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,123.96 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,268.96 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,351.36 ↑ +125%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $270.69 $57.13 – $482.04
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $871.85 $53.48 – $410.13
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $881.68 $48.60 – $108.00
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Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $490.68 $76.80 – $192.00
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