Application skin substitute graft trunk/arms/legs <100 sq cm 1st 25 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

$2,957.85

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.

$6,573.00

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.

$82.85 with BCBS - Anthem vs $23,352.00 with Aetna — 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 $82.85 ↓ -97%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $91.08 ↓ -97%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $91.08 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $101.91 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $101.91 ↓ -97%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,513.11 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,513.11 ↓ -15%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,513.11 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,513.11 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $2,864.95 ↓ -3%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,272.45 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4,601.10 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,258.40 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,587.05 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $5,587.05 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,915.70 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,310.08 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|HMO $6,310.08 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6,573.00 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,617.00 ↑ +124%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $7,866.03 ↑ +166%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $8,010.00 ↑ +171%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,426.00 ↑ +185%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $8,807.00 ↑ +198%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,244.00 ↑ +213%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $9,752.00 ↑ +230%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $9,866.00 ↑ +234%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10,766.00 ↑ +264%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $10,835.00 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23,174.00 ↑ +683%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23,352.00 ↑ +689%

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Application skin substitute graft trunk/arms/legs <100 sq cm 1st 25 sq cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,012.60 $101.91 – $1,806.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,513.90 $995.98 – $4,657.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $152.52 $59.25 – $224.42
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $918.97 $82.85 – $1,753.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,803.07 $1,049.38 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,397.11 $950.57 – $9,858.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,332.74 $995.78 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,200.65 $8,005.00 – $25,998.00

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