Cath del ampltz 12f 45d 80cm 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

$1,882.80

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.

$4,184.00

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.

$111.76 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $508.00 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
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $111.76 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $238.76 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $248.92 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|HMO $254.00 ↓ -87%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $284.48 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Options PPO $320.04 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $330.20 ↓ -82%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $345.44 ↓ -82%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $350.52 ↓ -81%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $355.60 ↓ -81%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $386.08 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $396.24 ↓ -79%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $406.40 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $411.48 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $421.64 ↓ -78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $431.80 ↓ -77%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $431.80 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $447.04 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $457.20 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $467.36 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $467.36 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $508.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $508.00 ↓ -73%

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Cath del ampltz 12f 45d 80cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,151.46 $94.23 – $349.20
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $6,956.40 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,103.20 $137.77 – $587.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,926.29 $113.81 – $587.02
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,634.10 $56.25 – $202.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,605.70 $127.50 – $494.70
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,956.40 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,915.78 not published

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