N-invas est c ffr sw aly cta at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$1,586.68
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.
$4,359.00
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.
$1,874.37 with Connected Care vs $26,402.00 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.
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 | $1,874.37 | ↑ +18% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,964.12 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,356.43 | ↑ +112% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,574.38 | ↑ +125% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,277.00 | ↑ +1115% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $19,277.00 | ↑ +1115% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $26,402.00 | ↑ +1564% |
Visitor-reported prices
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N-invas est c ffr sw aly cta at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,714.02 | $612.15 – $2,390.30 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,517.76 | $1,194.91 – $5,711.35 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,726.08 | $938.81 – $2,043.29 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,916.55 | $2,768.35 – $3,747.92 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $988.14 | $574.50 – $2,298.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $1,719.36 | $938.81 – $2,043.29 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $855.90 | $1,203.95 – $8,268.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $2,263.68 | $938.81 – $2,043.29 |