Ablate pulm tumor perq rf 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

$9,143.55

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.

$20,319.00

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.

$2,589.72 with COSC Psych vs $27,018.00 with Aetna — 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
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $2,589.72 ↓ -72%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $2,589.72 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $2,589.72 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $3,917.99 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $3,917.99 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8,015.59 ↓ -12%
United Medicare|All Plans $8,015.59 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $8,015.59 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $8,015.59 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,426.00 ↓ -8%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $8,807.00 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $9,137.77 ↓ -0%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10,766.00 ↑ +18%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $10,984.00 ↑ +20%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $13,207.35 ↑ +44%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $13,372.00 ↑ +46%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $13,528.00 ↑ +48%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $13,816.92 ↑ +51%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $14,857.00 ↑ +62%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $16,255.20 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17,271.15 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $17,271.15 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $17,826.00 ↑ +95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18,287.10 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|HMO $19,506.24 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Options PPO $19,506.24 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $20,319.00 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $24,903.00 ↑ +172%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $25,088.80 ↑ +174%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $26,811.00 ↑ +193%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $27,018.00 ↑ +195%

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Ablate pulm tumor perq rf at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $9,475.26 $3,917.99 – $16,873.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,601.05 $2,589.72 – $15,114.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,045.82 $2,589.72 – $15,114.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,458.53 $2,589.72 – $11,402.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,399.68 $2,589.72 – $11,259.87
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,394.42 $1,416.24 – $6,744.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $9,123.84 $6,609.22 – $14,384.78
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $7,468.02 $2,589.72 – $6,244.00

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