Immunofixation electrophoresis serum at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$29.43
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.
$80.85
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.
$1.84 with Blue Shield CA vs $77.77 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 | $1.84 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1.92 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.34 | ↓ -92% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $3.59 | ↓ -88% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5.68 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6.43 | ↓ -78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $6.84 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7.51 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $9.18 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.26 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.26 | ↓ -65% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $26.11 | ↓ -11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $77.77 | ↑ +164% |
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Immunofixation electrophoresis serum at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $15.29 | $4.47 – $32.77 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $79.05 | $21.89 – $182.35 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $94.16 | $4.17 – $57.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $53.85 | $2.16 – $8.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $86.24 | $2.26 – $67.66 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $17.87 | $4.25 – $64.19 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $17.68 | $4.25 – $64.19 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $79.05 | $22.34 – $230.44 |