An cholangiogram percutaneous compl 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

$4,426.65

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.

$9,837.00

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.

$341.03 with BCBS - Anthem vs $15,175.59 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 Medicaid|All Plans $341.03 ↓ -92%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $341.03 ↓ -92%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $341.03 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $515.95 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $515.95 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,848.43 ↑ +10%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,848.43 ↑ +10%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,848.43 ↑ +10%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,848.43 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $5,527.21 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,394.05 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,617.00 ↑ +49%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $6,689.16 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7,869.60 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,361.45 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $8,361.45 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,853.30 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,146.00 ↑ +107%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9,218.00 ↑ +108%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,244.00 ↑ +109%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9,443.52 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|HMO $9,443.52 ↑ +113%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9,630.00 ↑ +118%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9,837.00 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $10,065.00 ↑ +127%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $11,420.00 ↑ +158%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12,303.00 ↑ +178%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $15,175.59 ↑ +243%

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An cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,801.06 $515.95 – $8,224.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $341.39 $268.14 – $705.81
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,326.33 $568.96 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,789.04 $341.03 – $1,738.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,457.83 $341.03 – $1,762.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $263.04 $268.40 – $488.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $260.21 $333.30 – $606.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,794.40 $757.07 – $17,909.00

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