Cauterization chemical granulation tissue at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$347.85
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.
$773.00
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.
$23.07 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,244.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.38 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.38 | ↓ -92% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $36.36 | ↓ -90% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $36.36 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $272.99 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $272.99 | ↓ -22% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $272.99 | ↓ -22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $272.99 | ↓ -22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $311.21 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $502.45 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $525.64 | ↑ +51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $618.40 | ↑ +78% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $657.05 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $657.05 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $695.70 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $742.08 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $742.08 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $773.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $854.46 | ↑ +146% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,944.00 | ↑ +459% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $2,032.00 | ↑ +484% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,484.00 | ↑ +614% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $4,988.00 | ↑ +1334% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,074.00 | ↑ +1646% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $6,144.00 | ↑ +1666% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,617.00 | ↑ +1802% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,748.00 | ↑ +1840% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,146.00 | ↑ +2529% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $9,218.00 | ↑ +2550% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,244.00 | ↑ +2557% |
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Cauterization chemical granulation tissue at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $193.39 | $28.38 – $453.26 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $365.67 | $270.38 – $1,687.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $94.58 | $23.07 – $97.02 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $169.19 | $23.07 – $364.19 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $860.88 | $284.87 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $564.06 | $258.05 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $453.39 | $270.32 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $514.59 | $1,333.00 – $20,799.00 |