Brachy source palladium at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$163.35
Cash price 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.
$363.00
Gross charge 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.
$79.86 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $363.00 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $79.86 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $95.74 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $95.74 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $95.74 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $95.74 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $109.14 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $170.61 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $177.87 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $181.50 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $203.28 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $228.69 | ↑ +40% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $235.95 | ↑ +44% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $246.84 | ↑ +51% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $250.47 | ↑ +53% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $254.10 | ↑ +56% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $275.88 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $283.14 | ↑ +73% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $290.40 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $294.03 | ↑ +80% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $299.67 | ↑ +83% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $301.29 | ↑ +84% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $308.55 | ↑ +89% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $308.55 | ↑ +89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $319.44 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $326.70 | ↑ +100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $333.96 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $333.96 | ↑ +104% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $363.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $363.00 | ↑ +122% |
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Brachy source palladium at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $273.11 | $86.49 – $88.26 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $70.62 | $37.95 – $161.70 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $64.68 | $31.35 – $161.70 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $211.42 | $88.26 – $88.26 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $258.65 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $176.72 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $258.65 | not published |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $273.11 | $86.49 – $88.26 |