Ablation cryo abd perit om 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

$1,441.80

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.

$3,204.00

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.

$1,089.36 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $12,303.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $1,089.36 ↓ -24%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,288.08 ↓ -11%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,288.08 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,288.08 ↓ -11%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,288.08 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $1,468.41 ↑ +2%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,082.60 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,178.72 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,563.20 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,723.40 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,723.40 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,883.60 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|HMO $3,075.84 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,075.84 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,204.00 ↑ +122%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4,031.69 ↑ +180%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $6,840.00 ↑ +374%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $8,328.00 ↑ +478%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $8,425.00 ↑ +484%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,146.00 ↑ +534%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9,218.00 ↑ +539%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $9,253.00 ↑ +542%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9,630.00 ↑ +568%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $10,065.00 ↑ +598%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12,303.00 ↑ +753%

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Ablation cryo abd perit om at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,104.84 $723.33 – $2,143.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,092.93 $723.33 – $2,116.41
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $884.36 $306.60 – $1,330.21
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,205.44 $991.55 – $7,908.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,448.70 $928.29 – $2,784.87
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $1,038.72 $856.29 – $3,723.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $6,760.80 $991.55 – $6,405.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $3,335.04 $991.55 – $7,602.00

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