Macro exam dissect molec study ea at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$2.90
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.
$7.95
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.
$3.42 with Connected Care vs $18,346.00 with Chinese Community — 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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| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $3.42 | ↑ +18% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5.41 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6.13 | ↑ +111% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $6.52 | ↑ +125% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7.16 | ↑ +147% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $7.95 | ↑ +174% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $7.95 | ↑ +174% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $7.95 | ↑ +174% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $7.95 | ↑ +174% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7.95 | ↑ +174% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7.95 | ↑ +174% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $7.95 | ↑ +174% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $7.95 | ↑ +174% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $7.95 | ↑ +174% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $7.95 | ↑ +174% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $7.95 | ↑ +174% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $7.95 | ↑ +174% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7.95 | ↑ +174% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.78 | ↑ +237% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.78 | ↑ +237% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $27.69 | ↑ +855% |
| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $41.24 | ↑ +1322% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $18,346.00 | ↑ +632521% |
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Macro exam dissect molec study ea at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5.03 | $1.96 – $7.55 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $31.15 | $12.50 – $40.01 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $14.44 – $47.76 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $14.44 – $64.86 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $14.44 – $68.44 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $26.58 – $27.30 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $68.60 – $68.60 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $14.44 – $52.02 |