Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code 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

$2,357.55

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.

$5,239.00

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.

$184.29 with BCBS - Anthem vs $23,352.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $184.29 ↓ -92%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $184.29 ↓ -92%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $184.29 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $278.82 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $278.82 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,225.98 ↓ -6%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,225.98 ↓ -6%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,225.98 ↓ -6%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,225.98 ↓ -6%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $2,537.62 ↑ +8%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,405.35 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $3,562.52 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,191.20 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,453.15 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,453.15 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,715.10 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5,029.44 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|HMO $5,029.44 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,239.00 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6,296.00 ↑ +167%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6,581.00 ↑ +179%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $6,967.32 ↑ +196%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $8,010.00 ↑ +240%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8,045.00 ↑ +241%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,272.00 ↑ +293%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $9,752.00 ↑ +314%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $9,866.00 ↑ +318%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $10,835.00 ↑ +360%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12,953.00 ↑ +449%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23,174.00 ↑ +883%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23,352.00 ↑ +891%

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Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,597.83 $278.82 – $3,763.88
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,584.27 $304.08 – $2,943.95
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,451.59 $184.29 – $5,164.60
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $307.70 $119.52 – $452.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,245.38 $184.29 – $4,883.34
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,632.78 $184.29 – $3,520.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,728.21 $184.29 – $3,476.79
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,712.18 $2,345.04 – $9,858.00

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