Prgr stim/pace a/iv drug 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

$5,612.88

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.

$15,420.00

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.

$6,630.60 with Connected Care vs $59,241.00 with Health Net — 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 $6,630.60 ↑ +18%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $7,710.00 ↑ +37%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $7,710.00 ↑ +37%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10,485.60 ↑ +87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $11,047.00 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $11,838.00 ↑ +111%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $11,873.40 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $12,644.40 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $18,725.00 ↑ +234%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19,277.00 ↑ +243%
United Commercial|Options PPO $19,277.00 ↑ +243%
United Commercial|HMO $26,402.00 ↑ +370%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $36,531.00 ↑ +551%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $37,619.00 ↑ +570%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $48,731.00 ↑ +768%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $51,173.00 ↑ +812%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $59,241.00 ↑ +955%

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Prgr stim/pace a/iv drug at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,474.66 $2,141.91 – $6,187.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $752.00 $878.50 – $1,721.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $667.97 $460.08 – $1,669.92
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,280.18 $235.01 – $6,213.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,270.52 $2,747.00 – $7,745.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $513.33 $366.66 – $1,431.72
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,704.35 $1,716.00 – $5,318.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,283.90 $204.75 – $2,493.00

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