Buprenorphine hydrochloride 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

$58.84

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.

$130.75

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.

$1.77 with BCBS - Anthem vs $111.14 with First Health — 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 Commercial|All Other Plans $1.77 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2.48 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $4.35 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.75 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6.81 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.95 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6.95 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6.95 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.10 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $7.10 ↓ -88%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $9.16 ↓ -84%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $11.12 ↓ -81%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $11.28 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $11.91 ↓ -80%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $12.42 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.67 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $21.53 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $21.68 ↓ -63%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $37.92 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $84.99 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $88.91 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $104.60 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $111.14 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $111.14 ↑ +89%

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Buprenorphine hydrochloride at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $24.49 $2.89 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $24.23 $1.93 – $20.54
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $32.96 $1.39 – $24.44
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $47.69 $2.59 – $107.42
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $43.65 $3.32 – $71.10
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $55.10 $3.76 – $135.20
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $18.09 $1.55 – $41.50
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $29.97 $1.65 – $73.80

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