Biliary endoscopy thru skin at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$7,799.85
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.
$17,333.00
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.
$394.76 with BCBS - Anthem vs $44,770.14 with Sutter 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $394.76 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $485.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $485.55 | ↓ -94% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $622.27 | ↓ -92% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $622.27 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $10,984.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $11,266.45 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,529.00 | ↑ +48% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $11,786.44 | ↑ +51% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $13,372.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $13,528.00 | ↑ +73% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $13,866.40 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $14,303.56 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $14,303.56 | ↑ +83% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $14,303.56 | ↑ +83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $14,303.56 | ↑ +83% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $14,733.05 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $14,733.05 | ↑ +89% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,857.00 | ↑ +90% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,599.70 | ↑ +100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $16,016.00 | ↑ +105% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $16,306.06 | ↑ +109% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $16,639.68 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $16,639.68 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $17,333.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $23,174.00 | ↑ +197% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $23,352.00 | ↑ +199% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $25,297.00 | ↑ +224% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $26,440.00 | ↑ +239% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32,320.00 | ↑ +314% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $44,770.14 | ↑ +474% |
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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,776.92 | $485.55 – $12,680.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,499.10 | $394.76 – $5,839.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,288.89 | $394.76 – $5,839.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $7,389.95 | $394.76 – $15,935.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $7,310.28 | $394.76 – $15,736.01 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,438.90 | $394.76 – $15,917.16 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,858.40 | $8,912.00 – $20,774.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $9,987.91 | $394.76 – $19,200.06 |