X-ray acromioclavicular joints without or w/weighted distraction 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

$378.20

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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.

$1,039.00

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.

$36.30 with Brown Toland vs $851.98 with Multiplan — 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
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $36.30 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $37.15 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $37.15 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $37.15 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $37.15 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $37.15 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $37.15 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $45.69 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $45.69 ↓ -88%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $45.70 ↓ -88%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $45.70 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -66%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -66%
United Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -66%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $129.13 ↓ -66%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -66%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -66%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $142.04 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $151.00 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Options PPO $182.03 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|HMO $182.03 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $182.03 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $256.60 ↓ -32%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $404.18 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $434.89 ↑ +15%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $446.77 ↑ +18%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $513.80 ↑ +36%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $706.52 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $800.03 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $851.98 ↑ +125%

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X-ray acromioclavicular joints without or w/weighted distraction bilateral at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $576.80 $118.00 – $118.00
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $576.80 $118.00 – $118.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $321.06 $56.20 – $571.74
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $576.80 $118.00 – $118.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $576.80 $118.00 – $118.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $322.40 $81.00 – $81.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $322.40 $81.00 – $81.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $576.80 $118.00 – $118.00

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