Bone marrow;aspiration only 38220 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

$1,300.95

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.

$2,891.00

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.

$210.62 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.

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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 $210.62 ↓ -84%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $231.46 ↓ -82%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $231.46 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $259.06 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $259.06 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,784.90 ↑ +37%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,867.28 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,944.00 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2,032.00 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,196.80 ↑ +69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,225.98 ↑ +71%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,225.98 ↑ +71%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,225.98 ↑ +71%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,225.98 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,334.10 ↑ +79%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,334.10 ↑ +79%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,471.40 ↑ +90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,484.00 ↑ +91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $2,537.62 ↑ +95%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,636.16 ↑ +103%
United Commercial|HMO $2,636.16 ↑ +103%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,746.00 ↑ +111%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,617.00 ↑ +409%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $6,967.32 ↑ +436%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $8,010.00 ↑ +516%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,146.00 ↑ +603%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9,218.00 ↑ +609%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,244.00 ↑ +611%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $9,752.00 ↑ +650%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $9,866.00 ↑ +658%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $10,835.00 ↑ +733%

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Bone marrow;aspiration only 38220 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $920.68 $259.06 – $3,763.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,014.10 $593.00 – $2,695.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,582.42 $158.33 – $599.76
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,550.63 $210.62 – $3,666.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,523.13 $210.62 – $3,620.57
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,782.05 $1,727.00 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,357.22 $1,802.00 – $9,858.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,842.63 $721.00 – $3,982.87

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