Warde 3400852 arsenic 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

$27.87

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.

$76.56

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.

$2.12 with Blue Shield CA vs $66.04 with Cigna — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2.12 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.22 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2.70 ↓ -90%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $4.14 ↓ -85%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6.54 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.40 ↓ -73%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $7.89 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $8.65 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -66%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $9.61 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $9.61 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $9.61 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9.61 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $9.61 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $9.61 ↓ -66%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $9.61 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.61 ↓ -66%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|HMO $9.61 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9.61 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $9.61 ↓ -66%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -66%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -66%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $9.61 ↓ -66%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $9.61 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $9.61 ↓ -66%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $10.58 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $11.83 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $11.83 ↓ -58%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $30.08 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $66.04 ↑ +137%

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Warde 3400852 arsenic at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $104.69 $2.30 – $50.33
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $23.16 $3.79 – $27.82
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $66.81 $18.59 – $154.87
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.77 $4.25 – $48.88
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $50.99 $4.61 – $8.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $30.02 $2.30 – $57.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $28.41 $4.25 – $54.51
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $28.10 $4.25 – $54.51

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