Oth resp proc, indiv at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$57.52
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.
$158.00
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.
$13.14 with Brown Toland 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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| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $13.14 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -38% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $35.91 | ↓ -38% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -38% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $35.91 | ↓ -38% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $39.50 | ↓ -31% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $67.94 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $87.97 | ↑ +53% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $107.44 | ↑ +87% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $112.40 | ↑ +95% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $121.66 | ↑ +112% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $129.56 | ↑ +125% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $795.00 | ↑ +1282% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $818.00 | ↑ +1322% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,045.00 | ↑ +1717% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,060.00 | ↑ +1743% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,277.00 | ↑ +33414% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $19,277.00 | ↑ +33414% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $26,402.00 | ↑ +45801% |
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Oth resp proc, indiv at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $35.92 | $22.14 – $1,834.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $118.55 | $31.12 – $284.24 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $72.92 | $29.54 – $684.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $95.04 | $31.62 – $68.82 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $53.69 | $16.56 – $67.62 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $160.68 | $30.21 – $745.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $77.40 | $33.65 – $670.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $55.59 | $32.18 – $417.00 |