Hdr rdncl ntrstl/icav brchtx at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$2,967.70
Cash price 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.
$8,153.00
Gross charge 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.
$290.89 with Kaiser vs $8,153.00 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $290.89 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $290.89 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $290.89 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $290.89 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $290.89 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $290.89 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $357.79 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $357.79 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $357.79 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $357.79 | ↓ -88% |
| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $449.27 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $1,017.47 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,017.47 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $1,017.47 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,017.47 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,017.47 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,017.47 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,017.47 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,017.47 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,017.47 | ↓ -66% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $1,017.47 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,017.47 | ↓ -66% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $1,119.22 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,195.61 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,058.17 | ↑ +3% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,184.68 | ↑ +7% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $3,505.79 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,182.94 | ↑ +75% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,544.04 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,277.81 | ↑ +112% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,685.46 | ↑ +125% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,600.00 | ↑ +156% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $7,600.00 | ↑ +156% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8,153.00 | ↑ +175% |
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Hdr rdncl ntrstl/icav brchtx at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $497.57 | $306.72 – $1,763.10 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,042.48 | $895.78 – $2,455.08 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,637.88 | $290.89 – $5,571.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,555.83 | $969.12 – $1,841.86 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $7,345.92 | $761.42 – $1,657.20 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,269.48 | $290.89 – $2,465.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $2,261.30 | $290.89 – $8,105.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $1,409.11 | $261.80 – $3,277.00 |