Change ureter stent percut at Dominican Hospital
1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007
$4,760.55
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.
$10,579.00
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.
$1,564.06 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.
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 | $1,564.06 | ↓ -67% |
| COSC Psych | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,718.84 | ↓ -64% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,718.84 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,923.79 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,923.79 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,814.37 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,814.37 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,814.37 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,814.37 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|DHMF | $3,208.38 | ↓ -33% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,876.35 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $7,193.72 | ↑ +51% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care | $8,010.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $8,426.00 | ↑ +77% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,463.20 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $8,807.00 | ↑ +85% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,808.98 | ↑ +85% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,992.15 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,992.15 | ↑ +89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,146.00 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $9,218.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,272.00 | ↑ +95% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,521.10 | ↑ +100% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9,752.00 | ↑ +105% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Blue Gold | $9,866.00 | ↑ +107% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,155.84 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $10,155.84 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $10,579.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,766.00 | ↑ +126% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,835.00 | ↑ +128% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12,953.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Change ureter stent percut at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,963.56 | $1,210.41 – $4,655.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,182.18 | $1,564.06 – $7,286.30 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,909.04 | $1,564.06 – $7,272.58 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,786.59 | $1,564.06 – $6,008.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,756.54 | $1,564.06 – $5,933.69 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,823.29 | $941.64 – $4,245.53 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $6,086.85 | $2,908.69 – $6,732.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,555.20 | $2,285.30 – $6,920.00 |