X-ray swallowing function w/ciner/videoradiography neck radiographs(s)&delayed images contrast study 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

$639.92

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.

$1,758.00

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.

$74.46 with Kaiser vs $1,441.56 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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $74.46 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $74.46 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $74.46 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $74.46 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $74.46 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $74.46 ↓ -88%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $91.59 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $91.59 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $91.59 ↓ -86%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $91.59 ↓ -86%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $175.14 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -59%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -59%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $261.07 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -59%
United Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -59%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -59%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $261.07 ↓ -59%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $287.18 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $361.53 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|Options PPO $401.74 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $401.74 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|HMO $401.74 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $500.06 ↓ -22%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $755.94 ↑ +18%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $817.15 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $847.49 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $1,134.62 ↑ +77%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,195.44 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,353.66 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,441.56 ↑ +125%

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X-ray swallowing function w/ciner/videoradiography neck radiographs(s)&delayed images contrast study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $1,170.40 $238.00 – $238.00
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $1,170.40 $238.00 – $238.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $731.03 $112.66 – $1,301.82
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $1,170.40 $238.00 – $238.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,170.40 $238.00 – $238.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $546.00 $161.00 – $161.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $546.00 $161.00 – $161.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $1,170.40 $238.00 – $238.00

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