Icd crtd cobalt hf 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

$52,969.28

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.

$145,520.00

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 $47,269.00 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 $10,399.18 ↓ -80%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $10,399.18 ↓ -80%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $11,817.25 ↓ -78%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $20,325.67 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $23,634.50 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|HMO $23,634.50 ↓ -55%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $28,361.40 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $29,306.78 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|Options PPO $29,306.78 ↓ -45%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $32,142.92 ↓ -39%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $33,088.30 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $36,397.13 ↓ -31%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $38,760.58 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $41,124.03 ↓ -22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $43,014.79 ↓ -19%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $43,014.79 ↓ -19%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $43,014.79 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $47,269.00 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $47,269.00 ↓ -11%

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Icd crtd cobalt hf MRI is1 df1 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $59,528.15 $9,631.92 – $31,303.74
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $74,444.91 $25,141.20 – $59,480.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $46,206.00 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $52,882.40 $9,231.28 – $39,333.28
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $48,434.35 $7,625.84 – $39,333.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $50,932.74 $11,148.75 – $40,135.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $50,383.60 $11,148.75 – $43,257.15
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $46,206.00 not published

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