Cath imag ivus pv 8.5fx90 .035 at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$3,182.40
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.
$7,072.00
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.
$543.62 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $2,471.00 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 | $543.62 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,161.37 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,210.79 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,235.50 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $1,383.76 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,556.73 | ↓ -51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,606.15 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $1,680.28 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $1,704.99 | ↓ -46% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,729.70 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,877.96 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $1,927.38 | ↓ -39% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,976.80 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,001.51 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,050.93 | ↓ -36% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,100.35 | ↓ -34% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,100.35 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $2,174.48 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,223.90 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,273.32 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,273.32 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,471.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,471.00 | ↓ -22% |
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Cath imag ivus pv 8.5fx90 .035 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6,152.59 | $602.64 – $6,321.15 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $7,145.64 | $348.50 – $824.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $8,576.57 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,012.98 | $668.61 – $2,848.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,507.21 | $552.33 – $2,848.86 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,025.66 | $1,050.00 – $3,780.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,387.41 | $620.00 – $2,405.60 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $8,576.57 | not published |