Oncoprotein her-2/neu 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

$103.74

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.

$285.00

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.

$62.70 with Blue Shield CA vs $285.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $62.70 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -38%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -38%
United Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -38%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $64.41 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -38%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -38%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -38%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -38%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $65.55 ↓ -37%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $70.85 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $77.29 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|HMO $77.29 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|Options PPO $77.29 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $79.80 ↓ -23%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $122.55 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $193.80 ↑ +87%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $201.60 ↑ +94%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $219.45 ↑ +112%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $224.26 ↑ +116%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $233.70 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $256.50 ↑ +147%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $279.94 ↑ +170%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $285.00 ↑ +175%

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Oncoprotein her-2/neu at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $145.20 $64.41 – $279.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $132.99 $64.41 – $279.30
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $221.73 $64.41 – $279.30
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $144.50 $64.41 – $279.30
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $166.44 $64.41 – $279.30
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $63.12 – $525.88
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $64.41 – $664.59
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $64.41 – $753.64

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