Azathioprine parenteral 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

$1,080.00

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.

$2,400.00

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.

$153.65 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,040.00 with First 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 Commercial|All Other Plans $153.65 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $214.65 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $309.08 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $309.08 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $309.08 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $309.08 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $352.35 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $377.80 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|HMO $377.80 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $382.50 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $382.50 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $382.50 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $383.36 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Options PPO $395.90 ↓ -63%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $504.00 ↓ -53%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $612.00 ↓ -43%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $621.00 ↓ -43%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $684.00 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $726.75 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $773.03 ↓ -28%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $967.42 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,545.00 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,556.10 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,560.00 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,680.00 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,920.00 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,040.00 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,040.00 ↑ +89%

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Azathioprine parenteral at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $442.98 $159.00 – $784.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $323.09 $186.00 – $1,158.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $1,271.94 $186.00 – $2,958.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $1,035.76 $168.37 – $2,649.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $1,011.26 $207.00 – $2,481.60
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $328.80 $108.24 – $816.72
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $684.45 $143.92 – $1,084.86
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $547.46 $142.80 – $1,348.08

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