Irrigation implantable venous access device for drug delivery systems 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

$93.55

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$257.00

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$37.53 with Brown Toland vs $272.65 with Sutter Health — 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

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
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $37.53 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $87.11 ↓ -7%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $87.11 ↓ -7%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $87.11 ↓ -7%
United Medicare|All Plans $87.11 ↓ -7%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $87.11 ↓ -7%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $87.11 ↓ -7%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $87.11 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $87.11 ↓ -7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $87.11 ↓ -7%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $87.11 ↓ -7%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $87.11 ↓ -7%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $95.82 ↑ +2%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $110.51 ↑ +18%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $128.50 ↑ +37%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $128.50 ↑ +37%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $174.76 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $182.47 ↑ +95%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $197.89 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $210.74 ↑ +125%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $218.45 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $222.22 ↑ +138%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $233.87 ↑ +150%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $239.01 ↑ +155%
United Commercial|HMO $257.00 ↑ +175%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $257.00 ↑ +175%
United Commercial|Options PPO $257.00 ↑ +175%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $272.65 ↑ +191%

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Irrigation implantable venous access device for drug delivery systems at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $132.28 $41.35 – $250.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $202.86 $11.88 – $305.55
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $123.93 $79.50 – $81.12
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $150.23 $69.00 – $999.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $198.47 $77.10 – $292.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $137.60 $73.98 – $322.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $155.82 $64.53 – $195.98
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $154.14 $14.11 – $438.00

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