Blood typing ag donor ea ag 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

$200.70

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.

$446.00

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.

$3.28 with BCBS - Anthem vs $494.20 with Blue Shield CA — 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 Medicaid|All Plans $3.28 ↓ -98%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $3.28 ↓ -98%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $3.28 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $4.96 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $4.96 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.62 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7.62 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7.62 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $7.62 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $40.40 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $40.40 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $40.58 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $40.58 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $45.56 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $49.40 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $56.89 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $57.33 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $60.52 ↓ -70%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $61.74 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $63.66 ↓ -68%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $70.56 ↓ -65%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $74.97 ↓ -63%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $74.97 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $88.20 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $88.20 ↓ -56%
United Medicare|All Plans $88.20 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $100.55 ↓ -50%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $276.07 ↑ +38%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $494.20 ↑ +146%

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Blood typing ag donor ea ag at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $153.30 $4.96 – $74.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $527.30 $1.27 – $69.84
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $641.58 $12.70 – $483.05
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $106.65 $3.28 – $24.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $97.68 $3.28 – $24.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $130.23 $3.28 – $70.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $128.82 $3.28 – $70.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $681.36 $12.70 – $31.87

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