Atropine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe 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

$151.64

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.

$336.96

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.

$0.07 with Blue Shield CA vs $46.79 with Multiplan — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $0.07 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $0.13 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $0.15 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $0.18 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $0.18 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $0.31 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.33 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.34 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $0.34 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $0.34 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $0.42 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $0.51 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $0.55 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $0.56 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $0.57 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $0.57 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $0.61 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $0.71 ↓ -100%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $4.57 ↓ -97%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4.57 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $6.91 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $6.91 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $35.78 ↓ -76%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $37.43 ↓ -75%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $44.04 ↓ -71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $46.79 ↓ -69%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $46.79 ↓ -69%

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Atropine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $0.15 – $20.10
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $0.22 – $0.35
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $46.23 $0.13 – $94.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $60.24 $23.40 – $88.65
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $165.43 $0.15 – $67.62
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $33.39 $0.13 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $33.03 $0.15 – $20.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $0.22 – $0.37

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