Mayo cocou cortisone urine 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

$31.67

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.

$87.00

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.

$5.50 with Blue Shield CA vs $83.87 with Cigna — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $5.50 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.75 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7.00 ↓ -78%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $10.75 ↓ -66%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $19.25 ↓ -39%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $20.50 ↓ -35%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $22.02 ↓ -30%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $22.02 ↓ -30%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $22.02 ↓ -30%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $22.02 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $22.02 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $22.02 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $22.50 ↓ -29%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $24.09 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $24.09 ↓ -24%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $24.09 ↓ -24%
United Medicare|All Plans $24.09 ↓ -24%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $24.09 ↓ -24%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $24.09 ↓ -24%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $24.09 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $24.09 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $24.09 ↓ -24%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $24.09 ↓ -24%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $24.09 ↓ -24%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $25.00 ↓ -21%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $25.00 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|Options PPO $25.00 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|HMO $25.00 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $25.00 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $25.00 ↓ -21%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $26.50 ↓ -16%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $27.08 ↓ -14%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $27.08 ↓ -14%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $75.40 ↑ +138%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $83.87 ↑ +165%

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Mayo cocou cortisone urine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $10.95 $6.75 – $63.92
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $313.00 $4.82 – $25.33
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $23.61 – $146.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $222.56 $11.70 – $62.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $352.98 $13.54 – $24.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $203.84 $6.32 – $72.98
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $161.58 $6.86 – $69.23
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $159.84 $6.86 – $69.23

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