X-ray sinuses paranasal complete > 3 views 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

$549.28

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.

$1,509.00

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.

$47.84 with Partnership Health Plan vs $1,237.38 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $47.84 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $47.84 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $47.84 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $47.84 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $47.84 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $47.84 ↓ -91%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $48.47 ↓ -91%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $58.84 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $58.84 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $58.84 ↓ -89%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $58.84 ↓ -89%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -76%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -76%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $129.13 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -76%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $129.13 ↓ -76%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $142.04 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $147.25 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Options PPO $182.03 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|HMO $182.03 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $182.03 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $301.38 ↓ -45%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $404.18 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $510.78 ↓ -7%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $513.80 ↓ -6%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $648.87 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,026.12 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,161.93 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,237.38 ↑ +125%

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X-ray sinuses paranasal complete > 3 views at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $308.00 $118.00 – $118.00
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $308.00 $118.00 – $118.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $483.12 $72.37 – $860.34
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $308.00 $118.00 – $118.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $308.00 $118.00 – $118.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $468.00 $81.00 – $81.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $468.00 $81.00 – $81.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $308.00 $118.00 – $118.00

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