Carmustine 100 mg intravenous powder for solution 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

$3,600.00

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.

$8,000.00

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.

$145.60 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $6,800.00 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
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $145.60 ↓ -96%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $145.60 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $218.42 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $220.28 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $220.28 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $238.56 ↓ -93%
United Medicare|All Plans $238.56 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $238.56 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $238.56 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $271.96 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $305.14 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $414.96 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $421.28 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $421.28 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $441.39 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Options PPO $447.93 ↓ -88%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $746.69 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $749.84 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $755.23 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,147.50 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,147.50 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $1,147.50 ↓ -68%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $1,512.00 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,814.70 ↓ -50%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1,836.00 ↓ -49%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $1,863.00 ↓ -48%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $2,052.00 ↓ -43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,200.00 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $5,600.00 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,400.00 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $6,800.00 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,800.00 ↑ +89%

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Carmustine 100 mg intravenous powder for solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12,406.41 $145.60 – $31,016.02
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,102.74 $145.60 – $784.50
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $4,017.00 $145.60 – $859.10
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $628.77 $241.80 – $666.83
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $3,787.51 $88.11 – $4,097.49
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $2,628.29 $145.60 – $883.96
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $3,013.42 $145.60 – $4,097.49
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $3,787.51 $88.11 – $4,097.49

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