Mlh1 gene 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

$131.04

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.

$360.00

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.

$154.80 with Connected Care vs $669.55 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
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $154.80 ↑ +18%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +47%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +47%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +47%
United Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +47%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +47%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $192.32 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $192.32 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $192.32 ↑ +47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $192.32 ↑ +47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $192.32 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +47%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $192.32 ↑ +47%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $192.32 ↑ +47%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +47%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $192.32 ↑ +47%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $211.55 ↑ +61%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $230.78 ↑ +76%
United Commercial|Options PPO $230.78 ↑ +76%
United Commercial|HMO $230.78 ↑ +76%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $236.55 ↑ +81%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $236.55 ↑ +81%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $236.55 ↑ +81%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $236.55 ↑ +81%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $244.80 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $277.20 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $295.20 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $324.00 ↑ +147%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $360.00 ↑ +175%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $360.00 ↑ +175%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $601.96 ↑ +359%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $669.55 ↑ +411%

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Mlh1 gene at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $88.08 $38.46 – $317.33
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $156.22 $182.50 – $495.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $239.76 $192.32 – $352.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $143.08 $98.55 – $582.55
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $133.56 $180.00 – $552.67
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $132.12 $180.00 – $552.67
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $105.84 $75.60 – $360.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $283.97 $189.80 – $357.70

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