Allograft epieffect 2x3cm-q4186-cost per sq cm 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

$3,182.40

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.

$7,072.00

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.

$151.60 with BCBS - Anthem vs $7,072.00 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 $151.60 ↓ -95%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $151.60 ↓ -95%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $151.60 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $229.36 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $229.36 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $250.14 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $254.61 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $261.24 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $261.24 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $451.24 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $479.98 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,944.00 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2,032.00 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,484.00 ↓ -22%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $3,960.32 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,596.80 ↑ +44%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,808.96 ↑ +51%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $4,879.68 ↑ +53%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4,950.40 ↑ +56%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,374.72 ↑ +69%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,657.60 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,011.20 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $6,011.20 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,506.24 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,506.24 ↑ +104%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,072.00 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,072.00 ↑ +122%

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Allograft epieffect 2x3cm-q4186-cost per sq cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,152.59 $229.36 – $1,223.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $17,178.21 $151.60 – $2,848.86
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,310.02 $151.60 – $3,745.56
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $15,733.32 $151.60 – $2,848.86
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $16,544.75 $151.60 – $2,907.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $16,366.37 $151.60 – $1,421.05
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $29,271.07 $176.69 – $1,727.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $14,195.39 $160.06 – $1,802.00

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