Ins/rpl pm gen exist dual lead 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

$17,015.55

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.

$46,746.00

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.

$376.34 with Brown Toland 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
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $376.34 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $408.43 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $408.43 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $408.43 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $408.43 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $408.43 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $408.43 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $502.37 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $502.37 ↓ -97%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $791.89 ↓ -95%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $791.89 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $6,083.00 ↓ -64%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $15,347.41 ↓ -10%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↓ -10%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↓ -10%
United Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↓ -10%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↓ -10%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $15,347.41 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↓ -10%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↓ -10%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $15,347.41 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $16,754.00 ↓ -2%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $16,882.15 ↓ -1%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $17,260.00 ↑ +1%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $18,505.00 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $19,038.00 ↑ +12%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $20,100.78 ↑ +18%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $21,450.00 ↑ +26%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $22,360.00 ↑ +31%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $31,787.28 ↑ +87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $32,269.00 ↑ +90%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $35,994.42 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $38,331.72 ↑ +125%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $48,037.39 ↑ +182%

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Ins/rpl pm gen exist dual lead at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $11,555.76 $502.37 – $25,925.22
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11,988.43 $408.43 – $25,806.14
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $23,962.86 $12,159.00 – $62,607.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $9,223.96 $408.43 – $26,354.16
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $16,258.08 $8,912.00 – $24,869.57
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $16,379.58 $408.43 – $31,486.95
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $7,101.95 $408.43 – $25,455.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $4,134.20 $3,969.00 – $24,869.57

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