Hiv-1 ag ia 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

$137.60

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.

$378.00

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.

$23.67 with BCBS - Anthem vs $378.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 Medicaid|< 21 $23.67 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $23.67 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $23.67 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $23.67 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $23.67 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $23.67 ↓ -83%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $24.06 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $24.06 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $24.06 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $24.06 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $24.06 ↓ -83%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $24.06 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $24.06 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $24.06 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $24.06 ↓ -83%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $24.06 ↓ -83%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $24.06 ↓ -83%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $26.47 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|HMO $28.87 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Options PPO $28.87 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $28.87 ↓ -79%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $29.11 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $29.11 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $29.11 ↓ -79%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $29.11 ↓ -79%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $75.31 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $76.68 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $83.16 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $83.77 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $86.94 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $105.84 ↓ -23%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $162.54 ↑ +18%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $228.49 ↑ +66%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $257.04 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $291.06 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $309.96 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $378.00 ↑ +175%

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Hiv-1 ag ia at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $125.13 $21.30 – $203.82
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $23.58 – $139.37
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $24.06 – $176.13
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $24.06 – $199.73
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $24.06 – $79.68
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $200.20 – $200.20
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $23.58 – $149.84
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo not published $20.45 – $48.12

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