Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe cns pathogen 12-25 targets 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

$104.11

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.

$286.00

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.

$62.92 with Blue Shield CA vs $1,450.99 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.

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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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $62.92 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $65.78 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $80.08 ↓ -23%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $122.98 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $194.48 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $220.22 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $234.52 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $257.40 ↑ +147%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $286.00 ↑ +175%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $286.00 ↑ +175%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $286.00 ↑ +175%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $286.00 ↑ +175%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $286.00 ↑ +175%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $286.00 ↑ +175%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $286.00 ↑ +175%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $286.00 ↑ +175%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $286.00 ↑ +175%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $286.00 ↑ +175%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $286.00 ↑ +175%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $286.00 ↑ +175%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $286.00 ↑ +175%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $286.00 ↑ +175%
United Medicare|All Plans $286.00 ↑ +175%
United Commercial|HMO $286.00 ↑ +175%
United Commercial|Options PPO $286.00 ↑ +175%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $286.00 ↑ +175%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $286.00 ↑ +175%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $286.00 ↑ +175%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $286.00 ↑ +175%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $286.00 ↑ +175%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $286.00 ↑ +175%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $286.00 ↑ +175%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $314.60 ↑ +202%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $351.78 ↑ +238%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $351.78 ↑ +238%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $895.18 ↑ +760%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,450.99 ↑ +1294%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe cns pathogen 12-25 targets at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $125.27 $77.22 – $1,105.85
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $195.30 $83.36 – $611.28
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,008.78 $408.44 – $2,727.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,215.95 $143.00 – $1,073.89
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $190.48 $154.82 – $286.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,113.68 $77.22 – $1,262.44
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $764.64 $143.00 – $1,197.69
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $531.79 $143.00 – $1,197.69

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