Boot softgait shrt m 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

$45.00

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.

$100.00

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.

$47.00 with United vs $123.00 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
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $47.00 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $49.00 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|HMO $50.00 ↑ +11%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $56.00 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|Options PPO $63.00 ↑ +40%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $65.00 ↑ +44%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $68.00 ↑ +51%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $69.00 ↑ +53%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $70.00 ↑ +56%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $76.00 ↑ +69%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $78.00 ↑ +73%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $80.00 ↑ +78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $81.00 ↑ +80%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $83.00 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $85.00 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $85.00 ↑ +89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $88.00 ↑ +96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $90.00 ↑ +100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $92.00 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $92.00 ↑ +104%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $100.00 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $100.00 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↑ +122%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $100.00 ↑ +122%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $123.00 ↑ +173%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $123.00 ↑ +173%

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Boot softgait shrt m at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $246.72 $116.74 – $598.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $244.06 $116.74 – $645.05
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $156.41 $116.74 – $532.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $136.99 $61.18 – $255.36
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $148.79 $68.25 – $267.54
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $83.85 $23.00 – $583.70
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $76.25 $24.15 – $583.70
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $63.57 $23.00 – $486.45

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