Rbc serum pretx incubj drugs 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

$57.33

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.

$157.50

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.

$23.88 with Kaiser vs $585.19 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.

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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 $23.88 ↓ -58%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $23.88 ↓ -58%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $23.88 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $23.88 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $23.88 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $23.88 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $29.37 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $29.37 ↓ -49%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $29.38 ↓ -49%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $29.38 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $29.74 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $31.10 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $37.86 ↓ -34%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $58.13 ↑ +1%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $91.93 ↑ +60%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $92.53 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $104.09 ↑ +82%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $110.82 ↑ +93%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $110.85 ↑ +93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $121.67 ↑ +112%
United Commercial|Options PPO $135.18 ↑ +136%
United Commercial|HMO $135.18 ↑ +136%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $135.18 ↑ +136%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $135.18 ↑ +136%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $135.18 ↑ +136%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $135.18 ↑ +136%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $135.18 ↑ +136%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $135.18 ↑ +136%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $135.18 ↑ +136%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $135.18 ↑ +136%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $135.18 ↑ +136%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $135.18 ↑ +136%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $135.18 ↑ +136%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $148.70 ↑ +159%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $423.12 ↑ +638%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $585.19 ↑ +921%
United Medicare|All Plans $585.19 ↑ +921%

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Rbc serum pretx incubj drugs at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $207.18 $36.13 – $368.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $108.93 $27.47 – $165.87
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $74.90 $23.88 – $165.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $64.83 $23.88 – $165.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $194.78 $23.39 – $507.02
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $192.68 $23.39 – $507.02
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $299.78 $52.50 – $420.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $154.35 $23.88 – $525.00

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