Arthrt hip expl/rmv loose/fb 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

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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.

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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.

$677.58 with BCBS - Anthem vs $30,719.32 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 $677.58
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $833.42
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $833.42
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $1,068.10
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $1,068.10
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $9,380.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9,630.00
United Medicare|All Plans $9,814.48
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $9,814.48
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9,814.48
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $9,814.48
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $10,065.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $11,188.51
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $11,420.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $11,529.00
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $11,553.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12,303.00
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $12,689.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16,016.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23,174.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23,352.00
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $30,719.32
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Arthrt hip expl/rmv loose/fb at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $833.42 – $16,602.72
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $2,937.00 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $677.58 – $9,076.82
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $677.58 – $677.58
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $677.58 – $9,076.82
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $677.58 – $9,076.82
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $677.58 – $9,076.82
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $7,745.00 – $17,909.00

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