PayerPrice
Data Platform
More
Check Local Rates
Short Term Acute Care HospitalVoluntary Non-Profit - Church

Seton Medical Center

Verity Health System · Daly City, CA

1900 Sullivan Avenue, Daly City, CA 94015(650) 992-4000

1 of 5

CMS star rating

398

Beds

2,168

Inpatient discharges a year

$134.7M

Net patient revenue a year

18

In-network payers

Photo 1: PigeonChickenFish, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Photo 2: Public domain (USGS NAIP, CONUS), via USGS National Map / USDA NAIP

About this hospital

Seton Medical Center is a 398-bed voluntary non-profit - church hospital in Daly City, CA, affiliated with Verity Health System. Below you'll find publicly disclosed negotiated rates and facility details, including 18 in-network payers and 351 disclosed rate categories.

  • Disproportionate share hospital
CCN
050289
NPI
1154428688
Health system
Verity Health System
Teaching
No Medicare-funded residents
County
San Mateo County
Metro area
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MSA
Medicare contractor
Jurisdiction E, Noridian Healthcare Solutions (01011)
In Medicare since
1966
Last CMS survey
2024

Prices for common services

The 24 services Seton Medical Center most likely performs, ranked by likely volume and what it is paid. Each service names one insurer. * marks hidden insurer names; A, B and C rank the remaining rates from low to high and reset for each service.

Book a demo to see hidden insurer names, more payer rates, and hospital data, or start a free trial.

Childbirth · Inpatient

Vaginal delivery, hospital stay

MS-DRG 807

$4,439 - $9,477

from 4 insurers · median $7,260

Cigna$4,439
Insurer A*$6,585
Insurer B*$7,935
Insurer C*$9,477

CMS lists this service as CPT 59400, the obstetrician's global fee. The hospital bills the delivery stay as MS-DRG 807, so these are facility case rates.

Hospital reports neonatal nursery services to CMS

Childbirth · Inpatient

Cesarean delivery, hospital stay

MS-DRG 788

$4,866 - $15,373

from 4 insurers · median $8,089

Cigna$4,866
Insurer A*$8,065
Insurer B*$8,112
Insurer C*$15,373

CMS lists this service as CPT 59510, the obstetrician's global fee. The hospital bills the delivery stay as MS-DRG 788, so these are facility case rates.

Hospital reports neonatal nursery services to CMS

Medicine & Surgery

Cataract removal with lens insertion

CPT 66984

$2,109 - $8,156

from 3 insurers · median $8,015

Anthem / Blue Shield$8,156
Insurer A*$2,109
Insurer B*$8,015
Medicare $3,516Nearby hospitals $3,185152% above nearby hospitals

302 Medicare claims in Level 1 Intraocular Procedures (CMS 2024)

Childbirth · Inpatient

Vaginal birth after prior cesarean, hospital stay

MS-DRG 807

$4,439 - $9,477

from 4 insurers · median $7,260

Cigna$4,439
Insurer A*$6,585
Insurer B*$7,935
Insurer C*$9,477

CMS lists this service as CPT 59610, the obstetrician's global fee. The hospital bills the delivery stay as MS-DRG 807, so these are facility case rates.

Hospital reports neonatal nursery services to CMS

How the insurers pay at Seton Medical Center

Median rate as a percent of Medicare across the outpatient services above, and how many services sit above or below the same insurer's median at nearby hospitals. * marks hidden insurer names. These table labels track the same insurers across services; the labels on each service card reset.

InsurerServicesMedian % of MedicareAbove nearbyBelow nearby
Insurer A*9
447%
32
Insurer B*24
264%
711
Insurer C*24
234%
75
Insurer D*22
122%
118

How we chose these services: 1 appear in this hospital's own Medicare claims, 15 are common here based on CMS Medicare volume, and 8 are typical for the service lines it reports to CMS. Rates come from insurer and hospital price transparency files as of October 2026. Rates under a quarter of Medicare or over 20 times Medicare are left out as likely physician-fee rows or file errors. Book a demo to see all 300 CMS shoppable services for Seton Medical Center, or start a free trial.

Insurance Accepted

Acceptance varies by plan and service. Confirm coverage with your insurer or the hospital's billing department.

Medicare
BCBS
United Healthcare (incl Optum, Rocky Mountain, Health Plan of Nevada, Sierra Health)
Ameri HealthAvera Health PlansCenteneGroup Health Cooperative of South Central WisconsinHealth SmartKaiser Permanente

More about this hospital

  • Quality

    1 of 5 stars

    • 210 min in the ER before going home (US median 148)
    • Medicare readmissions penalty (-0.20%)
    See quality ratings
  • Doctors and services

    Accredited by The Joint Commission

    • No Medicare-funded residents
    • 27 services
    • 155 affiliated clinicians
    See doctors and services
  • Finances

    $134.7M net patient revenue

    • Operating margin on patient care -40.8%
    • $27.9M unreimbursed and uncompensated care
    • -$42.7M net income
    See finances
  • Ownership and leadership

    Owned by Ahmc Healthcare, LP

    • Private (for profit)
    • Sarkis Vartanian, chief executive
    See ownership and leadership

Tax IDs and NPIs insurers list

The employer identification numbers (EINs) health plans and networks list for Seton Medical Center in the in-network rate files they publish, with the organization NPIs billed under each.

Tax ID (EIN)Plans and networks listing itOrganization NPIs
85-1126333Ahmc Seton Medical Center LLC40Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare (incl Optum, Rocky Mountain, Health Plan of Nevada, Sierra Health), Allied Benefit Systems, Aspirus Health Plan and 35 more1023636545 Ahmc Seton Medical Center LLC1841809415 Ahmc Seton Medical Center LLC1386252112 Ahmc Seton Medical Center LLCand 6 more
91-2154441Seton Medical Center33Aspirus Health Plan, Asuris Northwest Health, BCBS, BridgeSpan, Centene and 28 more1154428688 Seton Medical Center1497740401 Seton Medical Center1104871615 Cep America - Californiaand 7 more

Source: PayerPrice analysis of insurers' Transparency in Coverage in-network files. An EIN can cover several hospitals and clinics in a health system, and insurers sometimes list other organizations' NPIs under it.

Location

1900 Sullivan Avenue, Daly City, CA 94015

(650) 992-4000

Get directions

Frequently asked questions

About Seton Medical Center's rates and hospital price transparency.

How much does an MRI cost at Seton Medical Center?

For MRI brain before and after contrast (CPT 70553), published negotiated rates at Seton Medical Center range from $634 to $5,915 across 4 insurers. Aetna's rate is $634. The median at nearby comparable hospitals is $3,500. What a patient pays depends on their plan's deductible, coinsurance and network status.

How much does a CT scan cost at Seton Medical Center?

For CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast (CPT 74177), published negotiated rates at Seton Medical Center range from $599 to $5,915 across 4 insurers. Aetna's rate is $599. The median at nearby comparable hospitals is $5,854. What a patient pays depends on their plan's deductible, coinsurance and network status.

How much does a colonoscopy cost at Seton Medical Center?

For Colonoscopy with biopsy (CPT 45380), published negotiated rates at Seton Medical Center range from $1,173 to $6,600 across 3 insurers. UnitedHealthcare's rate is $6,600. The median at nearby comparable hospitals is $2,595. What a patient pays depends on their plan's deductible, coinsurance and network status.

How much does giving birth cost at Seton Medical Center?

For Vaginal delivery, hospital stay (MS-DRG 807), published negotiated rates at Seton Medical Center range from $4,439 to $9,477 across 4 insurers. Cigna's rate is $4,439. What a patient pays depends on their plan's deductible, coinsurance and network status.

How much does a mammogram cost at Seton Medical Center?

For Screening mammography, bilateral (CPT 77067), published negotiated rates at Seton Medical Center range from $153 to $1,531 across 3 insurers. UnitedHealthcare's rate is $153. The median at nearby comparable hospitals is $491. What a patient pays depends on their plan's deductible, coinsurance and network status.

What is Seton Medical Center's CMS star rating?

Seton Medical Center has a CMS overall hospital star rating of 1 out of 5 on Medicare Care Compare (CMS data released 2026-08-13). That is the lowest rating, shared by 6% of US hospitals.

Is Seton Medical Center a teaching hospital?

CMS reports no Medicare-funded interns or residents at Seton Medical Center for fiscal year 2027.

Does Medicare penalize Seton Medical Center for readmissions?

Yes. Under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, Medicare cuts Seton Medical Center's base inpatient payments by an estimated 0.20% in fiscal year 2027 for more readmissions than expected.

What are the most common Medicare inpatient stays at Seton Medical Center?

In 2024, the most common were septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc (100 discharges), heart failure and shock with mcc (22 discharges), respiratory infections and inflammations with mcc (19 discharges).

What is Seton Medical Center's case mix index?

Seton Medical Center's Medicare case mix index is 1.89 for fiscal year 2027, higher than 70% of hospitals paid under the inpatient prospective payment system.

For hospital finance and compliance teams

Running price transparency at a hospital like this one?

The data on this page comes from the files hospitals and payers publish. We help hospitals publish theirs correctly, and take a fresh look at their chargemaster.

Compliance MRF

Publish a CMS-compliant machine-readable file

We turn your chargemaster and payer contracts into the CMS template file, then keep it current as rates change.

CMS v3 example: standard_charge_information[0]
{
  "description": "MRI of brain (no contrast)",
  "code_information": [
    { "code": "611", "type": "RC" },
    { "code": "70551", "type": "CPT" }
  ],
  "standard_charges": [{
    "setting": "outpatient",
    "minimum": 250,
    "maximum": 400,
    "gross_charge": 1200,
    "discounted_cash": 1080,
    "payers_information": [
      {
        "payer_name": "Platform Health Insurance",
        "plan_name": "PPO",
        "methodology": "fee schedule",
        "standard_charge_dollar": 400
      },
      {
        "payer_name": "Region Health Insurance",
        "plan_name": "HMO",
        "methodology": "fee schedule",
        "standard_charge_dollar": 250
      }
    ]
  }]
}
  • CMS template layout, in JSON or CSV
  • Gross, discounted cash, payer-specific and de-identified min / max charges
  • cms-hpt.txt file and homepage footer link
  • Refreshed when your contracts change
Talk to us about your MRF
Chargemaster analysis

Get your chargemaster right for billing and payer contracts

Your chargemaster sets the gross charge on every claim, and many payer contracts base payment on it through percent-of-charge, lesser-of and stop-loss terms. We audit it line by line and show how your charges and negotiated rates compare with peer hospitals before your next negotiation.

What a review covers

CodingPricingPayer contractsCompliance
  • CPT, HCPCS, revenue code and modifier errors flagged line by line
  • Missing, duplicate and outdated charge lines identified
  • Charges set below payer allowables caught before lesser-of clauses cut payment
  • Revenue impact of charge changes modeled across percent-of-charge and stop-loss terms
  • Your negotiated rates benchmarked against peer hospitals for the same payers
Talk to us about your chargemaster