Troponin quantitative 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

$500.50

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.

$1,375.00

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.

$12.15 with BCBS - Anthem vs $462.48 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $12.15 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $12.15 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $12.15 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $12.15 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $12.15 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $12.15 ↓ -98%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $12.47 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.47 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.47 ↓ -98%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.47 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $12.47 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $12.47 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.47 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $12.47 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $12.47 ↓ -98%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $12.47 ↓ -98%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $12.47 ↓ -98%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $13.72 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $14.94 ↓ -97%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $14.94 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $14.94 ↓ -97%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $14.94 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14.96 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $14.96 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.96 ↓ -97%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $39.03 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $42.79 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $43.44 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $124.08 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $129.72 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $157.92 ↓ -68%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $242.52 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $255.34 ↓ -49%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $383.52 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $432.75 ↓ -14%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $434.28 ↓ -13%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $462.48 ↓ -8%

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Troponin quantitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $152.43 $12.47 – $38.91
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $86.39 $2.49 – $133.86
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $489.60 $12.22 – $155.75
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $309.45 $12.15 – $32.15
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $210.46 $12.15 – $29.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $283.42 $8.20 – $37.79
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $140.98 $11.90 – $35.85
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $139.46 $11.90 – $35.85

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