Icd cobalt xt dr MRI is1 df1 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

$39,797.58

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.

$109,334.00

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.

$27.50 with Brown Toland vs $36,358.00 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
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $27.50 ↓ -100%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $7,998.76 ↓ -80%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $7,998.76 ↓ -80%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $9,089.50 ↓ -77%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $15,633.94 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $18,179.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|HMO $18,179.00 ↓ -54%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $21,814.80 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $22,541.96 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|Options PPO $22,541.96 ↓ -43%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $24,723.44 ↓ -38%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $25,450.60 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $27,995.66 ↓ -30%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $29,813.56 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $31,631.46 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $33,085.78 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $33,085.78 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $33,085.78 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $36,358.00 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $36,358.00 ↓ -9%

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Icd cobalt xt dr MRI is1 df1 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $54,116.66 $7,408.80 – $24,078.60
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $91,604.36 $26,938.64 – $63,732.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $69,309.00 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $48,075.10 $7,100.10 – $30,252.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $44,031.40 $5,865.30 – $30,252.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $38,266.80 $8,575.00 – $30,870.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $41,639.82 $8,575.00 – $33,271.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $45,326.25 not published

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