Autologous blood process at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$182.70
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.
$406.00
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.
$178.99 with United vs $955.95 with Cigna — 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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| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $178.99 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $178.99 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $178.99 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $178.99 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $186.76 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $186.76 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $227.36 | ↑ +24% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $235.42 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $235.42 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $235.42 | ↑ +29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $235.42 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $263.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $268.38 | ↑ +47% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $284.20 | ↑ +56% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $324.80 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $336.98 | ↑ +84% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $345.10 | ↑ +89% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $345.10 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $406.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $406.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $406.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $736.86 | ↑ +303% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $898.61 | ↑ +392% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $955.95 | ↑ +423% |
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Autologous blood process at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $264.12 | $162.81 – $470.34 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $117.61 | $154.00 – $288.38 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $116.34 | $154.00 – $288.38 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $181.01 | $31.70 – $253.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $93.79 | $66.99 – $261.58 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $175.62 | $98.89 – $320.54 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $104.63 | $52.50 – $375.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $286.13 | $178.99 – $514.50 |