Insert vad art access left hrt arterial access 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

$8,639.54

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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.

$23,735.00

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.

$351.08 with BCBS - Anthem vs $34,358.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $351.08 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $351.08 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $351.08 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $351.08 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $351.08 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $351.08 ↓ -96%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $384.76 ↓ -96%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $431.83 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $431.83 ↓ -95%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $431.83 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $431.83 ↓ -95%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $10,206.05 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $11,838.00 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $12,130.00 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $12,496.00 ↑ +45%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $16,139.80 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $16,189.00 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $18,275.95 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $19,462.70 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $20,270.00 ↑ +135%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $34,358.00 ↑ +298%

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Insert vad art access left hrt arterial access at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $9,832.67 $531.15 – $17,510.22
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,603.53 $351.08 – $5,961.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,384.54 $351.08 – $5,961.34
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,943.71 $351.08 – $7,940.79
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,553.61 $10,593.00 – $16,265.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $8,592.48 $10,413.00 – $16,974.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,932.84 $351.08 – $11,236.68
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $6,343.89 $6,511.00 – $12,568.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →