Mayo hip12 infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe hiv-1 rna qualitative 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

$21.47

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.

$58.96

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.

$12.98 with Blue Shield CA vs $122.17 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 $12.98 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $13.57 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $16.51 ↓ -23%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $25.36 ↑ +18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +63%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +63%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +63%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +63%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +63%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +63%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +63%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +63%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $35.09 ↑ +63%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $38.60 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $40.10 ↑ +87%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $42.11 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|HMO $42.11 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Options PPO $42.11 ↑ +96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $44.74 ↑ +108%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $44.74 ↑ +108%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $44.74 ↑ +108%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $44.74 ↑ +108%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $44.74 ↑ +108%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $44.74 ↑ +108%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $45.40 ↑ +111%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $48.35 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $53.07 ↑ +147%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $55.03 ↑ +156%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $55.03 ↑ +156%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $55.03 ↑ +156%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $55.03 ↑ +156%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $58.96 ↑ +175%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $58.96 ↑ +175%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $109.83 ↑ +412%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $122.17 ↑ +469%

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Mayo hip12 infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe hiv-1 rna qualitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $25.83 $15.92 – $93.11
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $32.36 $7.02 – $56.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $181.55 $34.39 – $277.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $98.19 $29.48 – $90.42
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $39.27 $31.92 – $57.79
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $89.93 $15.92 – $106.29
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $21.88 $29.48 – $100.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $21.64 $29.48 – $100.84

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