Change g-tube to g-j perc 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

$2,794.05

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.

$6,209.00

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.

$912.51 with BCBS - Anthem vs $12,953.00 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.

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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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $912.51 ↓ -67%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $912.51 ↓ -67%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $912.51 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $1,380.54 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $1,380.54 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,606.20 ↓ -7%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,606.20 ↓ -7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,606.20 ↓ -7%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,606.20 ↓ -7%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $2,971.07 ↑ +6%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,035.85 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4,222.12 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,967.20 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,277.65 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $5,277.65 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,588.10 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5,960.64 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|HMO $5,960.64 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6,209.00 ↑ +122%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $8,010.00 ↑ +187%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $8,157.41 ↑ +192%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,426.00 ↑ +202%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $8,807.00 ↑ +215%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,146.00 ↑ +227%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9,218.00 ↑ +230%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,272.00 ↑ +232%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $9,752.00 ↑ +249%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $9,866.00 ↑ +253%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10,766.00 ↑ +285%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $10,835.00 ↑ +288%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12,953.00 ↑ +364%

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Change g-tube to g-j perc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $996.89 $614.52 – $4,371.40
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,903.32 $912.51 – $3,656.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,731.08 $912.51 – $3,656.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,652.07 $912.51 – $3,562.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,634.26 $912.51 – $3,517.87
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,782.53 $636.72 – $2,691.45
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $4,340.10 $2,670.09 – $4,737.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,991.36 $2,097.83 – $6,920.00

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