X-ray knee ap standing bilateral at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$345.80
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.
$950.00
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.
$27.28 with Kaiser vs $638.78 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.
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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.28 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.28 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.28 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.28 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.28 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.28 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $33.55 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $33.55 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $33.56 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $33.56 | ↓ -90% |
| Brown Toland | Medicare|All Plans | $53.17 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $129.13 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $129.13 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $129.13 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $129.13 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $129.13 | ↓ -63% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $129.13 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $129.13 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $129.13 | ↓ -63% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $129.13 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $129.13 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $129.13 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $134.10 | ↓ -61% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $142.04 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $182.03 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $182.03 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $182.03 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $188.94 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $320.21 | ↓ -7% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $334.97 | ↓ -3% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $404.18 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $513.80 | ↑ +49% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $529.72 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $599.83 | ↑ +73% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $638.78 | ↑ +85% |
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X-ray knee ap standing bilateral at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $238.56 | $118.00 – $118.00 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $238.56 | $118.00 – $118.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $305.29 | $41.27 – $543.66 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $238.56 | $118.00 – $118.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $238.56 | $118.00 – $118.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $286.00 | $81.00 – $81.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $286.00 | $81.00 – $81.00 |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $238.56 | $118.00 – $118.00 |