Radiation treatment delivery at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$769.86
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.
$2,115.00
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.
$27.34 with Kaiser vs $2,115.00 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.34 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.34 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $33.63 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $33.63 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $33.63 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $33.63 | ↓ -96% |
| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $58.13 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $139.70 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $160.58 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $160.58 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $160.58 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $160.58 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $160.58 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $160.58 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $160.58 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $160.58 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $160.58 | ↓ -79% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $160.58 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $160.58 | ↓ -79% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $176.64 | ↓ -77% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $502.62 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $599.44 | ↓ -22% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $909.45 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,015.91 | ↑ +32% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,438.20 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,628.55 | ↑ +112% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,734.30 | ↑ +125% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,115.00 | ↑ +175% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,115.00 | ↑ +175% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,115.00 | ↑ +175% |
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Radiation treatment delivery at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $357.70 | $45.97 – $386.82 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $260.05 | $63.83 – $407.04 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $365.63 – $365.63 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $462.06 – $462.06 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $523.98 – $523.98 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $79.58 – $209.02 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $525.21 – $525.21 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $393.11 – $393.11 |