Radiotherapy dose plan imrt 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

$5,509.14

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.

$15,135.00

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.

$1,237.18 with Kaiser vs $15,135.00 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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $1,237.18 ↓ -78%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $1,237.18 ↓ -78%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $1,237.18 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $1,237.18 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $1,237.18 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $1,237.18 ↓ -78%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $1,521.73 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,521.73 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,521.73 ↓ -72%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $1,521.73 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,006.55 ↓ -64%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $2,006.55 ↓ -64%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,006.55 ↓ -64%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $2,006.55 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,006.55 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,006.55 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,006.55 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,006.55 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,006.55 ↓ -64%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $2,006.55 ↓ -64%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,006.55 ↓ -64%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $2,207.20 ↓ -60%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $2,484.57 ↓ -55%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $6,280.50 ↑ +14%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $6,508.05 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7,600.00 ↑ +38%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7,600.00 ↑ +38%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $9,303.74 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|HMO $10,000.00 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $10,193.82 ↑ +85%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10,291.80 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $11,653.95 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $12,410.70 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $15,135.00 ↑ +175%

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Radiotherapy dose plan imrt at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $8,214.26 $1,000.00 – $16,315.98
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,459.29 $1,091.50 – $11,311.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $855.74 $589.41 – $9,050.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,750.25 $1,965.27 – $7,857.73
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $8,373.18 $1,780.22 – $8,910.71
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,805.25 $1,237.18 – $10,613.26
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $7,475.07 $1,925.97 – $6,685.04
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $5,299.68 $1,513.19 – $3,293.41

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