Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$959.40
Cash price 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.
$2,132.00
Gross charge 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.
$724.88 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $8,045.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $724.88 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $849.40 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $849.40 | ↓ -11% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $849.40 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $849.40 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $968.32 | ↑ +1% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,385.80 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,385.80 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,407.12 | ↑ +47% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,449.76 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,705.60 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,812.20 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,812.20 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,918.80 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,046.72 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,046.72 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,132.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,658.62 | ↑ +177% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $5,842.00 | ↑ +509% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,296.00 | ↑ +556% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $6,581.00 | ↑ +586% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7,113.00 | ↑ +641% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $7,196.00 | ↑ +650% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,903.00 | ↑ +724% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,045.00 | ↑ +739% |
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Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $953.97 | $588.06 – $1,698.84 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,591.74 | $785.56 – $3,644.62 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,457.85 | $785.56 – $3,644.62 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $809.53 | $529.74 – $1,569.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $800.80 | $529.74 – $1,549.98 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $719.72 | $249.69 – $998.76 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $840.48 | $685.79 – $5,171.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,179.87 | $648.12 – $1,944.36 |