Ampicillin-sulbactam 1.5 gram solution for 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

$62.00

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.

$137.76

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.

$2.71 with United vs $62.90 with First 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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.71 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $2.71 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $2.80 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2.92 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $4.47 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4.50 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4.76 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6.43 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.43 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6.43 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8.09 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8.14 ↓ -87%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $8.47 ↓ -86%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $10.28 ↓ -83%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $10.43 ↓ -83%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $11.50 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $13.31 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $18.60 ↓ -70%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $21.46 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $48.10 ↓ -22%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $50.32 ↓ -19%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $59.20 ↓ -5%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $62.90 ↑ +1%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $62.90 ↑ +1%

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Ampicillin-sulbactam 1.5 gram solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.38 $2.71 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $93.72 $3.15 – $9.06
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $74.05 $2.71 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $36.46 $2.71 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $55.28 $2.67 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $54.69 $2.59 – $20.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $93.72 $3.15 – $9.80
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $93.72 $2.99 – $11.69

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