Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody nonspecific 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

$22.50

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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.

$50.00

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.

$11.50 with Blue Shield CA vs $162.23 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $11.50 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11.50 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $14.00 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.25 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↓ -24%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↓ -24%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↓ -24%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $17.50 ↓ -22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $19.41 ↓ -14%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $20.00 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|Options PPO $20.44 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.44 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|HMO $20.44 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $20.44 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $20.75 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $21.25 ↓ -6%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21.25 ↓ -6%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $21.72 ↓ -3%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $21.72 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $21.72 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $25.00 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $25.00 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $25.00 ↑ +11%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $30.75 ↑ +37%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $30.75 ↑ +37%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $53.30 ↑ +137%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $152.50 ↑ +578%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $162.23 ↑ +621%

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Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody nonspecific at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $21.90 $4.09 – $45.19
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $9.55 $3.41 – $24.98
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $64.90 $16.69 – $131.51
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $21.40 $11.22 – $43.88
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $63.94 $8.59 – $15.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $19.60 $6.06 – $51.59
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $18.55 $7.93 – $48.94
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $18.35 $7.93 – $48.94

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