Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) 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

$9,170.10

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.

$20,378.00

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.

$416.98 with BCBS - Anthem vs $44,770.14 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 $416.98 ↓ -95%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $416.98 ↓ -95%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $416.98 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $630.85 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $630.85 ↓ -93%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $10,984.00 ↑ +20%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $13,245.70 ↑ +44%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $13,372.00 ↑ +46%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $13,528.00 ↑ +48%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $13,857.04 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14,303.56 ↑ +56%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $14,303.56 ↑ +56%
United Medicare|All Plans $14,303.56 ↑ +56%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $14,303.56 ↑ +56%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $14,857.00 ↑ +62%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $16,302.40 ↑ +78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $16,306.06 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17,321.30 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $17,321.30 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $17,826.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18,340.20 ↑ +100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $18,797.00 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|HMO $19,562.88 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Options PPO $19,562.88 ↑ +113%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $19,646.00 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $20,378.00 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24,015.00 ↑ +162%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $24,903.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $35,280.00 ↑ +285%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $35,551.00 ↑ +288%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $44,770.14 ↑ +388%

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Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5,867.01 $630.85 – $13,228.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $8,156.83 $416.98 – $18,676.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $7,470.74 $416.98 – $18,676.84
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6,213.88 $416.98 – $13,399.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6,146.89 $416.98 – $13,231.71
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $11,040.88 $416.98 – $15,772.68
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $10,138.08 $10,791.00 – $16,652.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $8,836.37 $416.98 – $7,388.00

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