Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$45.15

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.

$100.33

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.

$28.44 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $314.04 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
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $28.44 ↓ -37%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $28.44 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $28.44 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $43.03 ↓ -5%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $43.03 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $46.16 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $46.16 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $56.19 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $65.22 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $70.24 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $80.27 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $83.28 ↑ +84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $85.29 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $85.29 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $100.33 ↑ +122%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $100.33 ↑ +122%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $100.33 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $100.33 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|Options PPO $100.33 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $100.33 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|HMO $100.33 ↑ +122%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $100.33 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $100.33 ↑ +122%
United Medicare|All Plans $100.33 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $114.38 ↑ +153%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $235.42 ↑ +421%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $285.03 ↑ +531%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $303.21 ↑ +572%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $314.04 ↑ +596%

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Antibody elution rbc reference at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $189.22 $43.03 – $394.70
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $80.26 $32.72 – $122.22
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $102.00 $112.61 – $287.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.95 $25.94 – $82.02
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $235.77 $25.96 – $98.33
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $39.33 $14.01 – $96.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $145.44 $27.86 – $95.55
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $143.87 $27.86 – $95.55

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