Renal venogram bil s&i 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

$2,651.02

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.

$7,283.00

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.

$187.02 with Brown Toland vs $18,183.51 with Cigna — 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
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $187.02 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $938.67 ↓ -65%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $3,131.69 ↑ +18%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $3,641.50 ↑ +37%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $3,641.50 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,615.81 ↑ +74%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,615.81 ↑ +74%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,615.81 ↑ +74%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,615.81 ↑ +74%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,615.81 ↑ +74%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $4,615.81 ↑ +74%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,615.81 ↑ +74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4,615.81 ↑ +74%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,615.81 ↑ +74%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $4,615.81 ↑ +74%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $4,615.81 ↑ +74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,824.76 ↑ +82%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,952.44 ↑ +87%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $5,077.39 ↑ +92%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,607.91 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $5,972.06 ↑ +125%
United Commercial|HMO $6,438.74 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,438.74 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,438.74 ↑ +143%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,283.00 ↑ +175%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $14,447.49 ↑ +445%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $18,183.51 ↑ +586%

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Renal venogram bil s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,581.58 $548.55 – $13,858.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,143.71 $1,040.99 – $13,457.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,711.06 $901.42 – $15,820.61
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,450.30 $705.08 – $15,009.21
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,844.62 $536.07 – $15,009.21
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,889.88 $4,061.05 – $4,434.05
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,824.57 $529.82 – $6,206.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,565.12 $970.17 – $7,512.94

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