Stress test pulmonary 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

$277.74

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.

$763.00

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.

$30.12 with Kaiser vs $625.66 with Multiplan — 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 $30.12 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $30.12 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $30.12 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $30.12 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $30.12 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $30.12 ↓ -89%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $37.05 ↓ -87%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $37.05 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $37.05 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $37.05 ↓ -87%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $39.85 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $123.53 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $189.03 ↓ -32%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $189.03 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $189.03 ↓ -32%
United Medicare|All Plans $189.03 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $189.03 ↓ -32%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $189.03 ↓ -32%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $189.03 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $189.03 ↓ -32%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $189.03 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $189.03 ↓ -32%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $189.03 ↓ -32%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $207.93 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $209.35 ↓ -25%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $328.09 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $518.84 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $587.51 ↑ +112%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $591.66 ↑ +113%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $625.66 ↑ +125%

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Stress test pulmonary at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $272.34 $73.86 – $182.96
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $288.48 $30.12 – $660.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $264.21 $30.12 – $660.52
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $182.40 $30.12 – $392.63
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $404.94 $93.34 – $188.91
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $349.86 $105.85 – $171.12
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $154.02 $42.23 – $179.26
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $309.57 $106.10 – $106.10

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