Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$3,930.48
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.
$10,798.00
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.
$2,127.01 with BCBS - Anthem vs $10,798.00 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -46% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -46% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -46% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,139.02 | ↓ -46% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,139.02 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,139.02 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,139.02 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,139.02 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $2,139.02 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,139.02 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,139.02 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,139.02 | ↓ -46% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $2,139.02 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $2,139.02 | ↓ -46% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $2,352.92 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,616.22 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,616.22 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,616.22 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,616.22 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,330.77 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,330.77 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,330.77 | ↓ -15% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $4,643.14 | ↑ +18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,931.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,695.13 | ↑ +70% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,342.64 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,314.46 | ↑ +112% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,854.36 | ↑ +125% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,577.63 | ↑ +144% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $9,773.52 | ↑ +149% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,798.00 | ↑ +175% |
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Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $6,414.92 | $2,127.01 – $9,439.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $17,517.48 | $2,030.33 – $7,382.75 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $7,678.56 | $1,989.72 – $6,280.95 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,570.08 | $1,563.28 – $3,402.43 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $2,799.03 | $1,853.28 – $5,058.14 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $6,195.60 | $2,003.90 – $13,768.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $1,713.60 | $1,839.15 – $3,402.43 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $2,790.90 | $1,839.15 – $6,363.87 |