Rmvl perm pm pulse gen 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

$3,219.22

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.

$8,844.00

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.

$178.58 with BCBS - Anthem vs $27,681.72 with Sutter Health — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $178.58 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $178.58 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $178.58 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $178.58 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $178.58 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $178.58 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $219.65 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $219.65 ↓ -93%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $268.93 ↓ -92%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $346.25 ↓ -89%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $346.25 ↓ -89%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $3,802.92 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $5,324.00 ↑ +65%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,013.92 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6,378.00 ↑ +98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6,570.00 ↑ +104%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,809.88 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $7,252.08 ↑ +125%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8,512.00 ↑ +164%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $8,596.00 ↑ +167%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8,844.00 ↑ +175%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8,844.00 ↑ +175%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $8,844.00 ↑ +175%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8,844.00 ↑ +175%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $8,844.00 ↑ +175%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $8,844.00 ↑ +175%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $8,844.00 ↑ +175%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $8,844.00 ↑ +175%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8,844.00 ↑ +175%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $9,728.40 ↑ +202%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $12,136.72 ↑ +277%
United Medicare|All Plans $12,136.72 ↑ +277%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14,570.00 ↑ +353%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $15,968.00 ↑ +396%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $18,511.00 ↑ +475%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $27,681.72 ↑ +760%

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Rmvl perm pm pulse gen at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,352.85 $219.65 – $19,876.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,276.58 $178.58 – $9,992.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,916.87 $178.58 – $9,992.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,017.55 $178.58 – $10,515.46
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $15,247.47 $6,200.00 – $46,622.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $9,209.58 $8,018.00 – $46,622.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $14,804.28 $8,222.00 – $46,622.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,926.96 $178.58 – $11,741.96

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