Bronch ebus samplng 3/> node 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

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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.

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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.

$878.26 with BCBS - Anthem vs $23,352.00 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.

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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 $878.26
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $878.26
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $878.26
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,328.72
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,328.72
United Medicare|All Plans $5,065.35
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5,065.35
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $5,065.35
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $5,065.35
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $5,774.50
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,617.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,426.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $8,807.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,244.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10,766.00
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $11,420.00
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $15,854.55
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23,174.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23,352.00
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Bronch ebus samplng 3/> node at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,265.88 $878.26 – $9,767.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,907.07 $878.26 – $9,767.66
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,477.97 $878.26 – $9,656.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,429.69 $878.26 – $9,535.30
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $7,517.79 $1,316.60 – $10,532.80
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,398.64 $878.26 – $9,710.40
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $6,251.59 $878.26 – $12,017.61
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $5,125.05 $1,528.00 – $10,302.00

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