Bone survey-lead poisoning 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

$699.75

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.

$1,555.00

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.

$56.42 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,892.25 with Cigna — 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 $56.42 ↓ -92%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $56.42 ↓ -92%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $56.42 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $85.36 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $85.36 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $146.10 ↓ -79%
United Medicare|All Plans $146.10 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $146.10 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $146.10 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $166.55 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $449.54 ↓ -36%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $457.29 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $565.34 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $565.34 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $628.17 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,010.75 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,088.50 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,244.00 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,321.75 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,321.75 ↑ +89%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,778.76 ↑ +154%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,892.25 ↑ +170%

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Bone survey-lead poisoning at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $648.24 $85.36 – $1,154.40
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $266.99 $21.27 – $394.79
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,387.71 $140.89 – $233.73
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $886.45 $56.42 – $328.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $142.47 $56.42 – $570.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $140.93 $56.42 – $570.84
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,422.90 $134.46 – $334.96
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $548.61 $56.42 – $342.76

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