Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at Dominican Hospital

1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$6,840.45

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.

$15,201.00

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.

$4,220.73 with BCBS - Anthem vs $47,579.13 with Sutter Health — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4,220.73 ↓ -38%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $4,638.19 ↓ -32%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4,638.19 ↓ -32%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $5,191.50 ↓ -24%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $5,191.50 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,146.00 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9,218.00 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,272.00 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9,880.65 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $10,336.68 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12,160.80 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $12,862.00 ↑ +88%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12,920.85 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $12,920.85 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12,953.00 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13,680.90 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|HMO $14,592.96 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14,592.96 ↑ +113%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $15,201.00 ↑ +122%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $15,201.00 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $15,201.00 ↑ +122%
United Medicare|All Plans $15,201.00 ↑ +122%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $15,658.00 ↑ +129%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $15,843.00 ↑ +132%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $17,329.14 ↑ +153%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $17,398.00 ↑ +154%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $17,677.21 ↑ +158%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $18,797.00 ↑ +175%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $19,646.00 ↑ +187%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24,015.00 ↑ +251%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $47,579.13 ↑ +596%

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Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $16,477.13 $5,191.50 – $29,342.82
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $13,978.48 $4,220.73 – $20,419.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8,878.45 $1,509.00 – $5,716.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12,802.72 $4,220.73 – $20,419.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $13,004.30 $4,220.73 – $21,255.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12,864.09 $4,220.73 – $20,989.51
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,426.76 $0.80 – $7,529.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $8,803.62 $4,042.00 – $24,397.68

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