Cisplatin 1 mg/ml desensitization 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

$28.35

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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.

$63.00

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.

$1.75 with Blue Shield CA vs $63.00 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $1.75 ↓ -94%
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $2.86 ↓ -90%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $2.86 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3.07 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $4.33 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $4.33 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|HMO $4.44 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.44 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6.30 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6.30 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.30 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6.67 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $8.15 ↓ -71%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $8.30 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $8.67 ↓ -69%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $10.08 ↓ -64%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $10.22 ↓ -64%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $11.26 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $14.73 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14.83 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $40.95 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $50.40 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $53.55 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $53.55 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $57.33 ↑ +102%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $63.00 ↑ +122%

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Cisplatin 1 mg/ml desensitization at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $72.89 $3.07 – $66.30
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $26.97 $3.07 – $61.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $24.70 $2.86 – $61.74
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $23.38 $2.62 – $50.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $23.13 $3.07 – $49.77
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $422.04 $5.72 – $57.70
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $422.04 $3.90 – $68.83
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $18.53 $3.07 – $51.66

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