Cath hawkone s directional at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$6,996.60
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.
$15,548.00
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.
$2,022.68 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $9,194.00 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 | $2,022.68 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,321.18 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,505.06 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,597.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $5,148.64 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5,792.22 | ↓ -17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,976.10 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,251.92 | ↓ -11% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $6,343.86 | ↓ -9% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $6,435.80 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,987.44 | ↓ -0% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $7,171.32 | ↑ +2% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,355.20 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7,447.14 | ↑ +6% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,631.02 | ↑ +9% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,814.90 | ↑ +12% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,814.90 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $8,090.72 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,274.60 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,458.48 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,458.48 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,194.00 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $9,194.00 | ↑ +31% |
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Cath hawkone s directional at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $7,999.20 | $1,724.76 – $4,982.64 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $15,119.46 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $7,817.85 | $1,910.61 – $8,140.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $7,160.28 | $1,578.33 – $8,140.86 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,791.31 | $2,307.50 – $8,307.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $7,448.27 | $2,307.50 – $8,953.10 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $15,119.46 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,469.15 | not published |