Biopsy needle liver percutaneous at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$1,725.30
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.
$3,834.00
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.
$193.10 with BCBS - Anthem vs $10,835.00 with Health Net — 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 | $193.10 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $237.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $237.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $304.39 | ↓ -82% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $304.39 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,225.98 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,225.98 | ↑ +29% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,225.98 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,225.98 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,443.35 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $2,537.62 | ↑ +47% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,556.12 | ↑ +48% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,007.20 | ↑ +74% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,195.15 | ↑ +85% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,195.15 | ↑ +85% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,383.10 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,608.64 | ↑ +109% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,608.64 | ↑ +109% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,759.00 | ↑ +118% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,296.00 | ↑ +265% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $6,581.00 | ↑ +281% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,617.00 | ↑ +284% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,967.32 | ↑ +304% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $8,010.00 | ↑ +364% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,045.00 | ↑ +366% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,146.00 | ↑ +430% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $9,218.00 | ↑ +434% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,244.00 | ↑ +436% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9,752.00 | ↑ +465% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $9,866.00 | ↑ +472% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,835.00 | ↑ +528% |
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Biopsy needle liver percutaneous at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $841.84 | $237.51 – $3,763.88 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $720.36 | $277.66 – $1,338.60 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,265.64 | $193.10 – $6,580.70 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,267.07 | $71.92 – $272.44 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,901.20 | $193.10 – $3,215.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,941.45 | $193.10 – $4,186.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,920.52 | $193.10 – $4,134.07 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,971.26 | $2,345.04 – $9,858.00 |