Aspiration fine needle (fna) biopsy w/ultrasound guidance 1st lesion at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$811.80
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.
$1,804.00
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.
$111.69 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $9,244.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $111.69 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $111.69 | ↓ -86% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $111.69 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $168.98 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $168.98 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $966.63 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $966.63 | ↑ +19% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $966.63 | ↑ +19% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $966.63 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $1,101.96 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,172.60 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,226.72 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,443.20 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,533.40 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,533.40 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,623.60 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,731.84 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,731.84 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,804.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,944.00 | ↑ +139% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $2,032.00 | ↑ +150% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,484.00 | ↑ +206% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,025.55 | ↑ +273% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $5,842.00 | ↑ +620% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,617.00 | ↑ +715% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7,113.00 | ↑ +776% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $7,196.00 | ↑ +786% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,903.00 | ↑ +874% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,146.00 | ↑ +1027% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $9,218.00 | ↑ +1036% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,244.00 | ↑ +1039% |
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Aspiration fine needle (fna) biopsy w/ultrasound guidance 1st lesion at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $969.30 | $168.98 – $1,726.14 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,056.53 | $140.72 – $1,963.28 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,313.76 | $593.00 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,768.93 | $111.69 – $2,327.50 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,619.05 | $111.69 – $1,042.72 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,620.14 | $111.69 – $2,235.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $924.91 | $111.69 – $1,994.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $914.94 | $111.69 – $1,969.47 |