Ins lv lead exist pm/icd 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

$11,287.64

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.

$31,010.00

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.

$279.60 with Kaiser vs $48,037.39 with Sutter Health — 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
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $279.60 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $279.60 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $279.60 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $279.60 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $279.60 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $279.60 ↓ -98%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $343.91 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $343.91 ↓ -97%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $343.91 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $343.91 ↓ -97%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $560.73 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,581.00 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $5,749.00 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $6,083.00 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7,448.00 ↓ -34%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $13,334.30 ↑ +18%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $15,347.41 ↑ +36%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↑ +36%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↑ +36%
United Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↑ +36%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↑ +36%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $15,347.41 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↑ +36%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↑ +36%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $15,966.00 ↑ +41%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $16,882.15 ↑ +50%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $18,505.00 ↑ +64%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $21,086.80 ↑ +87%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $21,450.00 ↑ +90%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $23,877.70 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $25,428.20 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $27,062.00 ↑ +140%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $48,037.39 ↑ +326%

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Ins lv lead exist pm/icd at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $15,211.74 $423.01 – $27,089.40
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $22,068.97 $279.60 – $50,531.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $20,566.68 $279.60 – $51,416.68
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $22,624.45 $279.60 – $48,701.13
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $33,111.75 $7,483.00 – $62,607.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $9,084.60 $279.60 – $25,956.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $15,113.85 $2,995.00 – $20,488.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $11,028.00 $6,920.00 – $24,869.57

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