Colistimethate sodium inj 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

$120.96

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.

$268.80

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.

$17.66 with Blue Shield CA vs $228.48 with First Health — 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 $17.66 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.06 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|HMO $20.06 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|Options PPO $22.97 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $23.33 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $34.03 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $36.20 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $42.22 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $42.22 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $42.22 ↓ -65%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $55.62 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $61.49 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $61.93 ↓ -49%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $67.54 ↓ -44%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $68.54 ↓ -43%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $75.49 ↓ -38%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $77.96 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $92.92 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $129.81 ↑ +7%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $174.72 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $182.79 ↑ +51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $215.04 ↑ +78%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $228.48 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $228.48 ↑ +89%

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Colistimethate sodium inj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $44.24 $20.06 – $78.78
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $143.81 $20.06 – $329.28
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $131.72 $20.06 – $329.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $84.22 $17.55 – $107.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $83.31 $19.70 – $105.86
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $54.69 $20.06 – $90.20
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $84.15 $23.88 – $67.98
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $106.68 $17.13 – $83.68

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