Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$10,154.51
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.
$27,897.00
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.
$174.31 with Brown Toland vs $37,987.93 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.
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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| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $174.31 | ↓ -98% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $299.06 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $299.06 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $299.06 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $299.06 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $299.06 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $299.06 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $367.84 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $367.84 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $579.84 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $579.84 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $7,494.00 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,047.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $11,995.71 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $12,136.72 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $12,136.72 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $12,136.72 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $12,136.72 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $12,136.72 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $12,136.72 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $12,136.72 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $12,136.72 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $12,136.72 | ↑ +20% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $12,136.72 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $12,136.72 | ↑ +20% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $13,350.39 | ↑ +31% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $15,968.00 | ↑ +57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $16,754.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $17,260.00 | ↑ +70% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $18,511.00 | ↑ +82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $18,725.00 | ↑ +84% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $18,969.96 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $21,480.69 | ↑ +112% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22,360.00 | ↑ +120% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $22,875.54 | ↑ +125% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $37,987.93 | ↑ +274% |
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Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,581.00 | $367.84 – $20,488.56 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $16,525.53 | $7,716.00 – $15,313.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $8,955.05 | $299.06 – $16,738.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $8,369.60 | $299.06 – $16,738.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $6,370.02 | $299.06 – $13,712.03 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $15,840.09 | $7,745.00 – $46,622.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $12,452.16 | $9,008.00 – $46,622.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $8,326.26 | $6,323.17 – $11,149.80 |