Cidofovir injection 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

$3,196.80

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.

$7,104.00

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.

$478.07 with Blue Shield CA vs $6,038.40 with Multiplan — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $478.07 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $496.82 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|HMO $496.82 ↓ -84%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $521.83 ↓ -84%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $521.83 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $727.29 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $727.29 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $727.29 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $727.29 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $789.48 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $789.48 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Options PPO $914.41 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $937.07 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,322.47 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $1,322.47 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,322.47 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,379.00 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,487.22 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,581.93 ↓ -51%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $1,742.55 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,926.49 ↓ -40%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2,115.95 ↓ -34%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $2,147.07 ↓ -33%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,276.42 ↓ -29%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $2,364.89 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,687.42 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,706.73 ↓ -15%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,617.60 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4,830.72 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,683.20 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,038.40 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $6,038.40 ↑ +89%

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Cidofovir injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,314.00 $496.82 – $1,723.77
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,800.64 $496.82 – $8,702.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,297.35 $397.45 – $2,792.65
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,574.21 $560.79 – $1,121.93
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,574.21 $560.79 – $1,211.48
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,648.28 $427.08 – $1,121.93
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,783.96 $496.82 – $3,256.16
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $956.42 $400.46 – $3,428.00

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