Herpes simplex 2 ag if at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$13.21
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.
$36.27
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.
$7.98 with Blue Shield CA vs $41.72 with Cigna — 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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $7.98 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $8.35 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.10 | ↓ -24% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.10 | ↓ -24% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.10 | ↓ -24% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.10 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.10 | ↓ -24% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.10 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.16 | ↓ -23% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -9% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -9% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -9% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $11.98 | ↓ -9% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -9% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -9% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -9% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.42 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.42 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.42 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.42 | ↓ -6% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $13.18 | ↓ -0% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14.38 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14.38 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.38 | ↑ +9% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $15.60 | ↑ +18% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $24.67 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $27.93 | ↑ +111% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $29.75 | ↑ +125% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32.65 | ↑ +147% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $36.27 | ↑ +175% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $36.27 | ↑ +175% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $37.50 | ↑ +184% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $41.72 | ↑ +216% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Herpes simplex 2 ag if at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $15.53 | $9.58 – $30.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $14.22 | $6.55 – $36.30 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $28.22 | $10.10 – $23.77 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $62.13 | $10.10 – $111.72 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $10.43 | $6.07 – $50.50 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $9.49 | $4.85 – $50.50 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $7.91 | $4.85 – $26.73 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $34.25 | $10.10 – $103.75 |