Allograft umbilical epicord 15 sq cm-q4187-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

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$7,072.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$223.73 with BCBS - Anthem vs $7,072.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $223.73 ↓ -93%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $223.73 ↓ -93%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $223.73 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $338.48 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $338.48 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $369.15 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $400.50 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $400.50 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Options PPO $405.52 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $411.93 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $411.93 ↓ -87%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $659.08 ↓ -79%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $668.78 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $704.01 ↓ -78%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $736.62 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $748.84 ↓ -76%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $803.12 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2,032.00 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,596.80 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4,950.40 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,657.60 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $6,011.20 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,011.20 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,506.24 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,506.24 ↑ +104%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,072.00 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,072.00 ↑ +122%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Allograft umbilical epicord 15 sq cm-q4187-cost per sq cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $10,064.32 $167.70 – $593.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,012.98 $223.73 – $6,262.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5,507.21 $223.73 – $6,262.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,791.31 $200.31 – $14,049.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,728.87 $223.73 – $6,887.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $8,359.61 $176.69 – $1,727.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,737.11 $160.06 – $1,802.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $5,245.25 $167.67 – $274.62

All California hospitals for this procedure →