Tocilizumab for covid-19 at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$2,366.00
Cash price 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.
$6,500.00
Gross charge 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.
$974.16 with Health Plan San Mateo vs $4,428.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $974.16 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $974.16 | ↓ -59% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,107.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $1,904.04 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,656.80 | ↑ +12% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,011.04 | ↑ +27% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,409.56 | ↑ +44% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,630.96 | ↑ +53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,852.36 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,428.00 | ↑ +87% |
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Tocilizumab for covid-19 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. | San Luis Obispo | $3.06 | $34.00 – $44.20 |
| TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Templeton | $4.27 | $61.00 – $79.30 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | not published | $7.74 – $7.74 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | not published | $7.74 – $7.74 |
| Panorama Medical Center | PANORAMA CITY | not published | $7.74 – $7.74 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $8.11 – $16.28 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $8.78 – $16.28 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $10.47 – $16.28 |