Boot mlti podous univ xlg 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

$78.75

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.

$175.00

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.

$82.25 with United vs $215.25 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
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $82.25 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $85.75 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|HMO $87.50 ↑ +11%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $98.00 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|Options PPO $110.25 ↑ +40%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $113.75 ↑ +44%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $119.00 ↑ +51%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $120.75 ↑ +53%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $122.50 ↑ +56%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $133.00 ↑ +69%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $136.50 ↑ +73%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $140.00 ↑ +78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $141.75 ↑ +80%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $142.46 ↑ +81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $142.46 ↑ +81%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $142.46 ↑ +81%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $145.25 ↑ +84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $148.75 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $148.75 ↑ +89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $154.00 ↑ +96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $157.50 ↑ +100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $161.00 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $161.00 ↑ +104%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $175.00 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $175.00 ↑ +122%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $215.25 ↑ +173%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $215.25 ↑ +173%

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Boot mlti podous univ xlg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $246.13 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $67.63 $79.00 – $154.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $61.94 $30.02 – $154.84
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $189.21 $127.50 – $459.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $187.17 $127.50 – $494.70
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $246.13 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $209.21 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $157.52 not published

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