Zika virus dna/rna amp probe at Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735
$48.05
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$132.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$29.04 with Blue Shield CA vs $178.62 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $29.04 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $30.36 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.96 | ↓ -23% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.61 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.61 | ↓ -5% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.61 | ↓ -5% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.61 | ↓ -5% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.61 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.61 | ↓ -5% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +7% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Canopy Health | $51.31 | ↑ +7% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +7% |
| Chinese Community | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|> 21 | $56.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Plan San Mateo | Medicaid|< 21 | $56.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $56.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $56.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Brown Toland | Commercial|All Plans | $56.44 | ↑ +17% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $56.76 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $61.57 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $61.57 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $61.57 | ↑ +28% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $89.76 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $101.64 | ↑ +112% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $108.24 | ↑ +125% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $118.80 | ↑ +147% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $132.00 | ↑ +175% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $132.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $160.60 | ↑ +234% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $178.62 | ↑ +272% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Zika virus dna/rna amp probe at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $57.82 | $35.64 – $136.13 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $83.70 | $10.26 – $145.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $255.00 | $50.28 – $370.08 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $56.50 | $41.04 – $132.20 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $87.92 | $45.61 – $129.36 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $51.75 | $35.64 – $155.41 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $48.98 | $45.61 – $147.44 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $48.45 | $45.61 – $147.44 |