Aldesleukin injection 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

$7,494.75

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.

$16,655.00

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.

$1,275.43 with BCBS - Anthem vs $22,796.38 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 Commercial|All Other Plans $1,275.43 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,781.80 ↓ -76%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $5,555.93 ↓ -26%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $5,555.93 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6,262.18 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,505.95 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7,283.19 ↓ -3%
United Medicare|All Plans $7,283.19 ↓ -3%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $7,283.19 ↓ -3%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $7,283.19 ↓ -3%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $8,302.84 ↑ +11%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $8,405.56 ↑ +12%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $8,405.56 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|HMO $8,747.08 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,747.08 ↑ +17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $9,271.80 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9,271.80 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9,271.80 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $10,825.75 ↑ +44%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $11,191.76 ↑ +49%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $11,325.40 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $13,324.00 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $14,156.75 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14,156.75 ↑ +89%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $14,834.88 ↑ +98%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $15,053.04 ↑ +101%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $16,580.16 ↑ +121%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16,655.00 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16,655.00 ↑ +122%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $17,616.42 ↑ +135%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $18,738.31 ↑ +150%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $22,796.38 ↑ +204%

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Aldesleukin injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,419.33 $927.10 – $11,431.68
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $16,050.00 $1,537.49 – $36,750.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $9,836.70 $1,570.00 – $5,555.93
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6,365.40 $833.30 – $3,205.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $6,861.86 $996.40 – $4,230.60
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $4,275.12 $1,718.56 – $25,501.72
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $15,640.46 $2,418.82 – $12,300.59
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $12,225.00 $4,596.61 – $30,000.00

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