Methadone injection 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

$651.93

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.

$1,791.00

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.

$1.48 with BCBS - Anthem vs $26.00 with United — 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1.48 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2.51 ↓ -100%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $5.72 ↓ -99%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $5.72 ↓ -99%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $6.50 ↓ -99%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $11.18 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $15.60 ↓ -98%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $17.68 ↓ -97%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $17.94 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $20.02 ↓ -97%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $21.32 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $25.37 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $25.37 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $25.37 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $25.37 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $25.37 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $25.37 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $25.65 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $25.65 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $25.65 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26.00 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Options PPO $26.00 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $26.00 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $26.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $26.00 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $26.00 ↓ -96%

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Methadone injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $128.05 $0.75 – $44.96
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $128.05 $0.89 – $45.83
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $87.87 $0.91 – $45.83
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $805.68 $1.01 – $108.06
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $241.06 $1.37 – $116.45
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $101.52 $1.92 – $44.96
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $729.28 $3.38 – $157.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $87.87 $0.92 – $45.83

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