Aminolevulinic acid delta at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$19.85
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$44.11
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$16.45 with Blue Shield CA vs $156.66 with Cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -17% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $16.45 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $18.75 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $19.74 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.74 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $19.74 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $19.74 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $20.30 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $20.30 | ↑ +2% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.99 | ↑ +6% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.99 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.99 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24.71 | ↑ +24% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $28.68 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $30.88 | ↑ +56% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $31.76 | ↑ +60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $31.76 | ↑ +60% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $35.29 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.62 | ↑ +84% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $37.50 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $37.50 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $44.11 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $44.11 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $44.11 | ↑ +122% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $51.49 | ↑ +159% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $147.27 | ↑ +642% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $156.66 | ↑ +689% |
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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $15.65 | $3.29 – $24.25 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $18.88 | $16.45 – $43.23 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $17.30 | $11.91 – $49.82 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $16.37 | $7.81 – $47.26 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $16.19 | $7.81 – $47.26 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $25.19 | $1.57 – $12.50 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $12.97 | $3.29 – $15.62 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $34.32 | $14.63 – $43.23 |