Scan duplex lower extremity arteries complete bilateral 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

$1,168.44

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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.

$3,210.00

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.

$111.16 with Kaiser vs $24,323.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $111.16 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $111.16 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $111.16 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $111.16 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $111.16 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $111.16 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $136.73 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $136.73 ↓ -88%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $216.76 ↓ -81%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $216.76 ↓ -81%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $335.71 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -70%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $354.48 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -70%
United Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -70%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -70%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -70%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $354.48 ↓ -70%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $389.93 ↓ -67%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,109.52 ↓ -5%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $1,380.30 ↑ +18%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,461.60 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,838.58 ↑ +57%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,182.80 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,471.70 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,632.20 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,116.00 ↑ +167%
United Commercial|Options PPO $18,445.00 ↑ +1479%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18,445.00 ↑ +1479%
United Commercial|HMO $24,323.00 ↑ +1982%

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Scan duplex lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,200.56 $136.73 – $2,137.98
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $723.56 $48.34 – $1,158.18
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,432.08 $321.54 – $1,099.47
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $835.89 $111.16 – $1,588.58
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $4,237.10 $111.16 – $1,745.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $796.55 $111.16 – $1,377.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $642.58 $111.16 – $1,385.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $635.65 $111.16 – $1,368.28

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