Compatibility test each unit antiglobulin technique 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

$261.00

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.

$580.00

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.

$178.99 with United vs $736.86 with Sutter 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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $178.99 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $178.99 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|Options PPO $178.99 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|HMO $178.99 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $235.42 ↓ -10%
United Medicare|All Plans $235.42 ↓ -10%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $235.42 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $235.42 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $266.80 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $266.80 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $268.07 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $268.07 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $268.38 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $324.80 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $337.79 ↑ +29%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $359.34 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $377.00 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $406.00 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $464.00 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $481.40 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $493.00 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $493.00 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $580.00 ↑ +122%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $736.86 ↑ +182%

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Compatibility test each unit antiglobulin technique at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $218.13 $9.45 – $100.09
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $252.58 $34.27 – $354.05
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $322.32 $134.42 – $293.80
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $261.51 $97.20 – $356.72
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $158.51 $61.58 – $233.24
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $239.52 $98.28 – $356.72
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $68.64 $90.00 – $180.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $67.90 $66.09 – $180.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →