Airway resistance by impulse oscillometry 94728 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

$486.90

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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.

$1,082.00

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.

$43.17 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,082.00 with United — 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 $43.17 ↓ -91%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $47.72 ↓ -90%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $47.72 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $53.10 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $53.10 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $214.95 ↓ -56%
United Medicare|All Plans $214.95 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $214.95 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $214.95 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $245.04 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $328.52 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $459.05 ↓ -6%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $672.79 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $703.30 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $757.40 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $865.60 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $919.70 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $919.70 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $973.80 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,038.72 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|HMO $1,038.72 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,082.00 ↑ +122%

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Airway resistance by impulse oscillometry 94728 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $284.70 $53.10 – $507.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $466.80 $51.16 – $588.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $214.90 $141.15 – $306.17
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $259.17 $47.03 – $636.00
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $320.43 $59.82 – $619.36
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $420.48 $53.80 – $705.60
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills $569.80 $74.11 – $306.17
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $170.81 – $176.94

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